different between nodule vs growth

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dulus (“small knot”), from n?dus (“knot”). Doublet of nodulus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dju?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n??d??u?l/

Noun

nodule (plural nodules)

1. A rounded mass or irregular shape; a little knot or lump.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Louden, edunol, louden, louned

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?dulus (“small knot”).

Noun

nodule m (plural nodules)

1. nodule, lump

Further reading

• “nodule” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ondule, ondulé

Latin

Noun

n?dule

1. vocative singular of n?dulus

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