Growing
Growing noun - (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.
Progression and growing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Progression" instead a noun "Growing".
Progression
Progression noun - A series of things linked together.
Growing and progression are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Growing" instead a noun "Progression".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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So his progression from hammy to stoic is probably justified as just Piccolo growing up.
Source: Evil Is Hammy -
Nomura growing out his more extreme Rummage Sale Reject style can be seen in the progression of the costume designs in the Kingdom Hearts series.
Source: Rummage Sale Reject - By the fifth season, fans were growing tired that A was still running rings around the main characters and progression was made in the sixth season.
Source: The Chris Carter Effect
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