allele vs recessive

recessive vs allele

allele and recessive both are nouns.

allele is not an adjective while recessive is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
allele	Yes	No	No	No
recessive	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, recessive is a hyponym of allele; that is, recessive is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than allele:

allele: (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character
recessive: an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

Other hyponyms of allele include dominant, dominant allele, recessive allele.

allele (noun)	recessive (noun)
(genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character	an allele that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its paired allele is identical

allele (adjective)	recessive (adjective)
	(of genes) producing its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
	of or pertaining to a recession

Difference between allele and recessive

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