Growth vs Maturity - What's the difference?
growth | maturity |
An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
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, title= (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
(biology) Something that grows or has grown.
(pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.
The state of being mature, ready or ripe
When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin
(countable, finance) Date when payment is due
As nouns the difference between growth and maturity
is that growth is an increase in size, number, value, or strength while maturity is the state of being mature, ready or ripe.growth
English
(wikipedia growth)Noun
(en noun)Engineers of a different kind, passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.
Synonyms
* (increase in size) enlargement, expansion, increase, increment * (act of growing) development, maturation * (something that grows or has grown) vegetation * outgrowth, cancer, massAntonyms
* (increase in size) contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction * (act of growing) nondevelopmentDerived terms
* growth spurt * growth stock * overgrowth * undergrowthHyponyms
* tumormaturity
English
(wikipedia maturity)Noun
- ''Some foods and drinks, like wine, only reach their full taste at maturity , which literally comes at a price
- ''The entire tank of was in their maturity and ready to mate.
- ''Some insect species reach sexual maturity well before their own bodily maturity
- The note was cashed at maturity .