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cellular division vs reduction division

reduction division vs cellular division

cellular division and reduction division both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cellular division Yes No No No
reduction division Yes No No No
As nouns, reduction division is a hyponym of cellular division; that is, reduction division is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cellular division:
  • cellular division: the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells
  • reduction division: (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
Other hyponyms of cellular division include amitosis, cleavage, segmentation, meiosis, miosis, mitosis.
cellular division (noun) reduction division (noun)
the process in reproduction and growth by which a cell divides to form daughter cells (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
Difference between cellular division and reduction division

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