different between growth vs spreading

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

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp??d??/
• Rhymes: -?d??

Verb

spreading

1. present participle of spread

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Noun

spreading (plural spreadings)

1. The act by which something is spread.
   • 1991, Samuel D. Robbins, Wisconsin Birdlife: Population & Distribution Past & Present (page 579)

     Small numbers [of meadowlarks] remain on farms in the southern counties throughout the winter, usually relying on fresh manure spreadings for food when snow covers the fields.

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