Proliferation vs Grow - What's the difference?
proliferation | grow |
(uncountable) The process by which an organism produces others of its kind; breeding, propagation, procreation, reproduction.
(countable) The act of increasing or rising; augmentation, amplification, enlargement, escalation, aggrandizement.
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, title= (countable) The result of building up; buildup, accretion.
(uncountable) The spread of biochemical, nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction to countries not originally involved in developing them.
(ergative) To become bigger.
To appear or sprout.
To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.
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(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.
(obsolete) To become attached or fixed; to adhere.
* Shakespeare
As a noun proliferation
is proliferation, spreading.As a verb grow is
(ergative) to become bigger.proliferation
English
Noun
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grow
English
Verb
- Children grow quickly.
- Flowers grew on the trees as summer approached.
- A long tail began to grow from his backside.
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- He grows peppers and squash each summer in his garden.
- Have you ever grown your hair before?
- The boy grew wise as he matured.
- The town grew smaller and smaller in the distance as we travelled.
- You have grown strong.
- Our knees shall kneel till to the ground they grow .