growth vs rot

growth

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

  • The act of growing, getting bigger or higher. 

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

  • An abnormal mass such as a tumor. 

  • Something that grows or has grown. 

rot

noun
  • Any of several diseases in which breakdown of tissue occurs. 

  • The process of becoming rotten; putrefaction. 

  • Verbal nonsense. 

  • Decaying matter. 

verb
  • To expose, as flax, to a process of maceration, etc., for the purpose of separating the fiber; to ret. 

  • To spend a long period of time (in an unpleasant place). 

  • To suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria. 

  • To decline in function or utility. 

  • To (cause to) deteriorate in any way, as in morals; to corrupt. 

  • To make putrid; to cause to be wholly or partially decomposed by natural processes. 

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