different between growth vs fecundity
growth
English
Etymology
From grow +? -th. Compare Old Frisian gr?d ("meadow, pasture"; > North Frisian greyde (“growth, pasture”)), Middle High German gruote, gruot (“greens, fresh growth, shoot”), Old Norse gróðr ("growth, crop"; > Faroese grøði, Danish grøde (“fruits”), Swedish gröda (“crop, harvest”)). More at grow.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /??o??/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????/
- Rhymes: -???
Noun
growth (countable and uncountable, plural growths)
- An increase in size, number, value, or strength.
- (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
- (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): outgrowth, cancer, mass
Antonyms
- (increase in size): contraction, decrease, decrement, reduction
- (act of growing): nondevelopment
Hyponyms
- (pathology: abnormal mass such as a tumor): tumor
Derived terms
Translations
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fecundity
English
Alternative forms
- fœcundity (obsolete)
Etymology
From Latin f?cundit?s (“fruitfulness, fertility”), from f?cundus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /f??k?nd?t?/
- Hyphenation: fe?cun?di?ty
Noun
fecundity (usually uncountable, plural fecundities)
- Ability to produce offspring.
- 2006, Neil Gaiman, “Neil Gaiman on Terry Pratchett” in: Good Omens, Corgi, p. 410
- In the early days the reviewers compared him to the late Douglas Adams, but then Terry went on to write books as enthusiastically as Douglas avoided writing them, and now, if there is any comparison to be made of anything from the formal rules of a Pratchett novel to the sheer prolific fecundity of the man, it might be to P. G. Wodehouse.
- 2006, Neil Gaiman, “Neil Gaiman on Terry Pratchett” in: Good Omens, Corgi, p. 410
- Ability to cause growth.
- Number, rate, or capacity of offspring production.
- Rate of production of young by a female.
Synonyms
- (ability to produce offspring): fertileness, fertility
Related terms
- fecund
- fecundation
Translations
Further reading
- fecundity in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fecundity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- fecundity in the Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, English section, second edition, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Liège, 1982
- fecundity at OneLook Dictionary Search
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