different between growth vs fruition

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)

1. An increase in size, number, value, or strength.

2. (biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.
3. (biology) Something that grows or has grown.
4. (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

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f?u?.??.?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /f?u.???.?n/
• Hyphenation: fru?ition
• Rhymes: -???n

Etymology 1

From Latin fruiti? (“enjoyment”).

Noun

fruition (countable and uncountable, plural fruitions)

1. The fulfillment of something worked for.
2. The enjoyment derived from a possession.

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Etymology 2

Erroneously from fruit (though now standard usage)

Noun

fruition (plural fruitions)

1. The condition of bearing fruit.

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