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Dormancy vs Aestivation - What's the difference?

dormancy | aestivation |

As nouns the difference between dormancy and aestivation

is that dormancy is the state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness while aestivation is (biology) a state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.

dormancy

English

(wikipedia dormancy)

Noun

(-)
  • The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.
  • * 1902 , , Behind the Line , ch. 2:
    • [N]ow the big Thanksgiving dinner which they had eaten was beginning to work upon them a spell of dormancy .

    Synonyms

    * inactivity * quiescence * sleep

    aestivation

    English

    Alternative forms

    * * estivation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology) A state of inactivity and metabolic depression during summer: the summer version of hibernation.
  • (botany) The arrangement (vernation) of the parts of a flower inside a bud; prefloration.
  • (obsolete) The spending or passing of a summer.

    • Related terms

    * aestivate