Grow vs. Growth — What's the Difference?

(of a living thing) undergo natural development by increasing in size and changing physically

The process of growing.

Become larger or greater over a period of time; increase

Full development; maturity.

Become gradually or increasingly

Development from a lower or simpler to a higher or more complex form; evolution.

To increase in size by a natural process.

An increase, as in size, number, value, or strength; extension or expansion

To expand; gain

Something that grows or has grown

To increase in amount or degree; intensify

An abnormal mass of tissue, such as a tumor, growing in or on a living organism.

To develop and reach maturity.

A result of growth; a product

To be capable of growth; thrive

Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns

To become attached by or as if by the process of growth

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

To come into existence from a source; spring up

(economics) economic growth

To come to be by a gradual process or by degrees; become

An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.

To cause to grow; raise

(biology) The act of growing, getting bigger or higher.

To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process

(biology) Something that grows or has grown.

Usage Problem To cause to increase or expand by concerted effort

(pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.

The process of growing; the gradual increase of an animal or a vegetable body; the development from a seed, germ, or root, to full size or maturity; increase in size, number, frequency, strength, etc.; augmentation; advancement; production; prevalence or influence; as, the growth of trade; the growth of power; the growth of intemperance. Idle weeds are fast in growth.

To undergo growth; to be present somewhere

That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.

(intransitive) To appear or sprout.

(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level;

(intransitive) To develop, to mature.

A progression from simpler to more complex forms;

(transitive) To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants.

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;

(copulative) To assume a condition or quality over time.

Vegetation that has grown;

To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

The gradual beginning or coming forth;

To increase in size by a natural and organic process; to increase in bulk by the gradual assimilation of new matter into the living organism; - said of animals and vegetables and their organs.

(pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

Something grown or growing;

To spring up and come to maturity in a natural way; to be produced by vegetation; to thrive; to flourish; as, rice grows in warm countries.

To pass from one state to another; to result as an effect from a cause; to become; as, to grow pale.

To become attached or fixed; to adhere.

To cause to grow; to cultivate; to produce; as, to grow a crop; to grow wheat, hops, or tobacco.

Pass into a condition gradually, take on a specific property or attribute; become;

Become larger, greater, or bigger; expand or gain;

Increase in size by natural process;

Cause to grow or develop;

Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation;

Come into existence; take on form or shape;

Cultivate by growing, often involving improvements by means of agricultural techniques;

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes);

Grow emotionally or mature;

Become attached by or as if by the process of growth;