crossing vs conjugation

conjugation vs crossing

crossing and conjugation both are nouns.

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

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

crossing: (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 crossing include coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union.

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

Difference between crossing and conjugation

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