generation vs reproduction

reproduction vs generation

generation and reproduction both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
generation	Yes	No	No	No
reproduction	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, reproduction is a hypernym of generation; that is, reproduction is a word with a broader meaning than generation:

generation: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
reproduction: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring

Other hypernyms of generation include breeding, facts of life, procreation.

generation (noun)	reproduction (noun)
the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production	the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
the production of heat or electricity	the act of making copies
a coming into being	copy that is not the original; something that has been copied
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent	recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall
all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age	the process of generating offspring
the normal time between successive generations
a stage of technological development or innovation

Difference between generation and reproduction

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