✅ Growth and prosperity aren’t direct synonyms, but they are related concepts and one is often used when talking about the other.
✅ Growth refers to a process of development or a stage of development (his slow but consistent growth; the trees will be beautiful once they reach their full growth).
✅ Prosperity refers to a condition in which someone or something is succeeding or thriving, especially in a financial sense (Her early career was characterized by joy and prosperity).
✅ Often, through growth, someone or something will reach a stage in which it is particularly thriving, in other words, a state of prosperity.
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✅ Budding describes something that is in an early stage of development, but shows a lot of promise or potential (a budding genius).
✅ Burgeoning describes something that is growing or developing, especially something that is growing quickly (a burgeoning economy).
✅ Budding and burgeoning both describe something in an early stage, before or at the very start of an expected large or sudden growth, as in a plant that is putting forth buds.
✅ Burgeoning can also describe a plant showing growth or development beyond the budding stage (the burgeoning wisteria in the front garden; the budding roses).
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✅ Vocabulary and lexicon both can refer to the words of a language or to a specific set of words within a language used by a given person or group (The lexicon that physicists use is gibberish to a lot of people; People from different states might have huge differences in their vocabulary).
✅ While vocabulary can refer to the set of words in a language that you are familiar with (My German vocabulary is very limited), lexicon isn’t used in this way.
✅ Lexicon, a more formal word, can refer to the words of a certain field, a social class, or an individual person (Scientists made a study of her lexicon). It can also refer to a dictionary of words that you can learn a language from.
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