crossing vs sexual union

sexual union vs crossing

crossing and sexual union both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
crossing	Yes	No	No	No
sexual union	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, sexual union is a hypernym of crossing; that is, sexual union 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
sexual union: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

Other hypernyms of crossing include conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, union.

crossing (noun)	sexual union (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
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
a junction where one street or road crosses another
a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

Difference between crossing and sexual union

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