mating vs conjugation

mating and conjugation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mating	Yes	No	No	No
conjugation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, mating and conjugation are synonyms defined as:

mating and conjugation: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

Other synonyms of mating include coupling, pairing, sexual union, union.

mating (noun)	conjugation (noun)
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes	the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
	the act of making or becoming a single unit
	a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
	the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
	the inflection of verbs
	the state of being joined together