crescendo vs growth

crescendo

noun
  • The climax of a gradual increase. 

  • An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin. 

  • A gradual increase of anything, especially to a dramatic climax. 

verb
  • To increase in intensity; to reach or head for a crescendo. 

adv
  • Gradually increasing in force or loudness. 

growth

noun
  • The act of growing, getting bigger or higher. 

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

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

  • An abnormal mass such as a tumor. 

  • Something that grows or has grown. 

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