conjugation vs crossbreeding

crossbreeding vs conjugation

conjugation and crossbreeding both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conjugation	Yes	No	No	No
crossbreeding	Yes	No	No	No

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

conjugation: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
crossbreeding: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

Other hyponyms of conjugation include assortative mating, disassortative mating, cross, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, inbreeding, service, servicing.

conjugation (noun)	crossbreeding (noun)
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes	(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
the act of making or becoming a single unit	reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
the inflection of verbs
the state of being joined together

Difference between conjugation and crossbreeding

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