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Maturing vs Growing - What's the difference?

maturing | growing |

As verbs the difference between maturing and growing

is that maturing is while growing is .

As a noun growing is

growth; increase.

As an adjective growing is

that grows.

maturing

English

Verb

(head)

    • growing

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • growth; increase
  • * 1852 , Henry Howe, Historical Collections of the Great West
    • Some of these unhappy emigrants felt a general sinking of all their mental and bodily energies, without, however, experiencing the growings of hunger.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • That grows.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much.
  • Connected with growing