hybrid vs being

being vs hybrid

hybrid and being both are nouns.

hybrid is an adjective but being is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hybrid	Yes	Yes	No	No
being	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, being is a hypernym of hybrid; that is, being is a word with a broader meaning than hybrid:

hybrid: (genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species
being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of hybrid include organism.

hybrid (noun)	being (noun)
(genetics) an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
a car which runs on two power sources, usually an internal combustion engine and an electronic motor	the state or fact of existing
a composite of mixed origin
a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

hybrid (adjective)	being (adjective)
produced by crossbreeding

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