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Growth vs Monstrose - What's the difference?

growth | monstrose |

As a noun growth

is an increase in size, number, value, or strength.

As an adjective monstrose is

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growth

English

(wikipedia growth)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
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  • (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
  • (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
  • (pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

    • Synonyms

    * (increase in size) enlargement, expansion, increase, increment * (act of growing) development, maturation * (something that grows or has grown) vegetation * outgrowth, cancer, mass

    Antonyms

    * (increase in size) contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction * (act of growing) nondevelopment

    Derived terms

    * growth spurt * growth stock * overgrowth * undergrowth

    Hyponyms

    * tumor

    monstrose

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) Having an abnormal, distorted and disfigured growth of the body (especially of a cactus)

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