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Overgrowth vs Rankness - What's the difference?

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Overgrowth is a related term of rankness.


As nouns the difference between overgrowth and rankness

is that 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 while rankness is the property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor, of being stinky, foul or malodorous.

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

    rankness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The property of being rank, of having a repulsive odor, of being stinky, foul or malodorous.