Difference between Grow and Turn

What is the difference between Grow and Turn?

Grow as a verb is to become bigger. while Turn as a verb is of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.

Grow

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To become bigger. To appear or sprout. To cause something to become bigger, especially cultivate plants. To assume a condition or quality

Example sentence: Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky.

Turn

Part of speech: verb

Definition: Of a body, person, etc, to move around an axis through itself.To change the direction or orientation of.To change one's direction of travel.To position (something) by folding it.To become .To fundamentally change; to metamorphose.To rebel; to go against something formerly tolerated.To shape (something) symmetrically by rotating it against a stationary cutting tool, as on a lathe.To sour or spoil; to go bad.To complete.Of a bowler, to make (the ball) move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.Of a ball, to move sideways off the pitch when it bounces.To change personalities, such as from being a face (good guy) to heel (bad guy) or vice versa.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A change of direction or orientation.A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to its initial orientation.A single loop of a coil.A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the note below the one indicated, and the note itself again.(also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.A fit or a period of giddiness.A change in temperament or circumstance.A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight)The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'emthe basic coil element that forms a single conducting loop comprised of one insulated conductor.A deed done to another.

Example sentence: It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

We hope you now know whether to use Grow or Turn in your sentence.

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