conjugation vs crossing

crossing vs conjugation

conjugation and crossing both are nouns.

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

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

conjugation: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
crossing: (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, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, inbreeding, service, servicing.

conjugation (noun)	crossing (noun)
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes	a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
the act of making or becoming a single unit	traveling across
a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms	(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
the complete set of inflected forms of a verb	a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
the inflection of verbs	a junction where one street or road crosses another
the state of being joined together	a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
	a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

Difference between conjugation and crossing

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