mate vs breed

mate and breed both are nouns.

mate and breed both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mate	Yes	No	Yes	No
breed	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, breed is a hyponym of mate; that is, breed is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than mate:

mate: engage in sexual intercourse
breed: copulate with a female, used especially of horses

Other hyponyms of mate include nick, bang, be intimate, bed, bonk, do it, eff, fuck, get it on, get laid, have a go at it, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, have sex, hump, jazz, know, lie with, love, make love, make out, roll in the hay, screw, sleep together, sleep with, tread, serve, service, deflower, ruin, mount, ride, cover, bugger, sodomise, sodomize, sodomise, sodomize.

mate (noun)	breed (noun)
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king	a special type
an exact duplicate	a special variety of domesticated animals within a species
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
a person's partner in marriage
the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
informal term for a friend of the same sex
a fellow member of a team
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
one of a pair

mate (verb)	breed (verb)
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game	have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
engage in sexual intercourse	copulate with a female, used especially of horses
bring two objects, ideas, or people together	cause to procreate (animals)
	call forth

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