crossbreeding vs conjugation

conjugation vs crossbreeding

crossbreeding and conjugation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, conjugation is a hypernym of crossbreeding; that is, conjugation is a word with a broader meaning than crossbreeding:

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

Other hypernyms of crossbreeding include coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union.

crossbreeding (noun)	conjugation (noun)
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids	the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)	the act of making or becoming a single unit
	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 crossbreeding and conjugation

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