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Excrescence vs Overgrowth - What's the difference?

excrescence | overgrowth |

As nouns the difference between excrescence and overgrowth

is that excrescence is something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else while overgrowth is a usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else a tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.

excrescence

English

Noun

(s)
  • Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
  • A disfiguring or unwanted mark or adjunct
  • (phonetics) epenthesis of a consonant, e.g., warmth as [?w?rmp?] (adding a [p] between [m] and [?]), or .

    • Antonyms

    * (phonetic) anaptyxis

    Related terms

    * excrescency * excrescent

    Hypernyms

    * (phonetic) epenthesis

    Hyponyms

    * (phonetic) linking consonant

    See also

    * (phonetic) intervocalic

    References

    overgrowth

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else. A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
  • An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
  • Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.

    • Synonyms

    *hyperplasia *hypertrophy *gigantism

    Antonyms

    * undergrowth