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Growth vs. Progress — What's the Difference?

Growth vs. Progress — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Growth and Progress

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Growth

The process of growing.

Progress

Forward or onward movement, as toward a destination
We made little progress on our way home because of the traffic.

Growth

Full development; maturity.

Progress

Development, advancement, or improvement, as toward a goal
The math students have shown great progress.

Growth

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

A ceremonial journey made by a sovereign through that sovereign's realm.

Growth

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

Progress

To move forward or onward
The ship progressed toward the equator.

Growth

Something that grows or has grown
A new growth of grass.

Progress

To develop, advance, or improve
Research progressed on the new vaccine.

Growth

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

Progress

To increase in scope or severity, as a disease taking an unfavorable course.

Growth

A result of growth; a product
Concerns that are a growth of the new responsibilities.

Progress

Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
Testing for the new antidote is currently in progress.

Growth

Expected to have or investing in businesses expected to have higher-than-average increases in revenues and returns
A growth stock.
A growth fund.

Progress

Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
Science has made extraordinary progress in the last fifty years.

Growth

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

Progress

An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.

Growth

(economics) economic growth
Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.

Progress

A journey forward; travel.

Growth

An increase in psychological strength or resilience; an increased ability to overcome adversity.
Struggle, disappointment, and criticism all contribute to a person's growth.

Progress

Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
The thick branches overhanging the path made progress difficult.

Growth

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

Progress

(intransitive) To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
Visitors progress through the museum at their own pace.

Growth

(biology) Something that grows or has grown.

Progress

(intransitive) To develop.
Societies progress unevenly.

Growth

(pathology) An abnormal mass such as a tumor.

Progress

(by extension) To improve; to become better or more complete.

Growth

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.

Progress

(transitive) To expedite.

Growth

That which has grown or is growing; anything produced; product; consequence; effect; result.
Nature multiplies her fertile growth.

Progress

A moving or going forward; a proceeding onward; an advance

Growth

(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;
He proposed an indicator of osseous development in children

Progress

A journey of state; a circuit; especially, one made by a sovereign through parts of his own dominions.
The king being returned from his progresse.

Growth

A progression from simpler to more complex forms;
The growth of culture

Progress

To make progress; to move forward in space; to continue onward in course; to proceed; to advance; to go on; as, railroads are progressing.
Let me wipe off this honorable dew,That silverly doth progress on thy checks.
They progress in that style in proportion as their pieces are treated with contempt.
The war had progressed for some time.

Growth

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important;
The increase in unemployment
The growth of population

Progress

To make improvement; to advance.
If man progresses, art must progress too.

Growth

Vegetation that has grown;
A growth of trees
The only growth was some salt grass

Progress

To make progress in; to pass through.

Growth

The gradual beginning or coming forth;
Figurines presage the emergence of sculpture in Greece

Progress

Gradual improvement or growth or development;
Advancement of knowledge
Great progress in the arts

Growth

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

Progress

The act of moving forward toward a goal

Growth

Something grown or growing;
A growth of hair

Progress

A movement forward;
He listened for the progress of the troops

Progress

Develop in a positive way;
He progressed well in school
My plants are coming along
Plans are shaping up

Progress

Move forward, also in the metaphorical sense;
Time marches on

Progress

Form or accumulate steadily;
Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly
Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border

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