genetic mutation vs point mutation

genetic mutation and point mutation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
genetic mutation	Yes	No	No	No
point mutation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, point mutation is a hyponym of genetic mutation; that is, point mutation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than genetic mutation:

genetic mutation: (genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism
point mutation: (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene

Other hyponyms of genetic mutation include deletion, inversion, transposition, gene mutation, reversion, saltation.

genetic mutation (noun)	point mutation (noun)
(genetics) any event that changes genetic structure; any alteration in the inherited nucleic acid sequence of the genotype of an organism	(genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene

genetic mutation vs point mutation

genetic mutation and point mutation both are nouns.

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