grow vs multiply

grow

verb
  • To appear or sprout. 

  • To become larger, to increase in magnitude. 

  • To undergo growth; to be present (somewhere) 

  • To develop, to mature. 

  • To cause or allow something to become bigger, especially to cultivate plants. 

  • To assume a condition or quality over time. 

multiply

verb
  • To breed or propagate. 

  • To grow in number. 

  • To perform multiplication. 

  • To be a factor in a multiplication with (another factor). 

  • To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). 

  • To perform multiplication on (a number). 

adv
  • In many or multiple ways. 

noun
  • An act or instance of multiplying. 

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