interbreeding vs reciprocal

interbreeding and reciprocal both are nouns.

interbreeding is not an adjective while reciprocal is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
interbreeding	Yes	No	No	No
reciprocal	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, reciprocal is a hyponym of interbreeding; that is, reciprocal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than interbreeding:

interbreeding: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
reciprocal: hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype

Other hyponyms of interbreeding include dihybrid cross, monohybrid cross, reciprocal cross, test-cross, testcross.

interbreeding (noun)	reciprocal (noun)
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids	hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype
reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)	(mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7
	something (a term or expression or concept) that has an inverse relation to something else

interbreeding (adjective)	reciprocal (adjective)
	concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return
	of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function

interbreeding vs reciprocal

interbreeding and reciprocal both are nouns.

interbreeding is not an adjective while reciprocal is an adjective.

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