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Neoteny vs Monotony - What's the difference?

neoteny | monotony |

As nouns the difference between neoteny and monotony

is that neoteny is (biology) the retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult while monotony is tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.

neoteny

English

(wikipedia neoteny)

Noun

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  • (biology) The retention of juvenile characteristics in the adult.
    • Most amphibians are aquatic only while young, but some amphibians with neoteny remain aquatic even as adults.
  • (biology) The sexual maturity of an organism still in its larval stage.

    • Synonyms

    * pedomorphism

    Derived terms

    * neotenic * neotenous * neotenously * neotenist

    monotony

    English

    Noun

    (monotonies)
  • Tedium as a result of repetition or a lack of variety.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year= , author=Arthur Conan Doyle , title=Through the Magic Door , chapter=1 citation , passage=Yet second-hand romance and second-hand emotion are surely better than the dull, soul-killing monotony which life brings to most of the human race.}}
  • (mathematics) The property of a monotonic function.
  • The quality of having an unvarying tone or pitch.

    • Derived terms

    * monotone * monotonous