mating vs crossing

crossing vs mating

mating and crossing both are nouns.

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

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

mating: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
crossing: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

Other hyponyms of mating include assortative mating, disassortative mating, cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, inbreeding, service, servicing.

mating (noun)	crossing (noun)
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes	a voyage across a body of water (usually across the Atlantic Ocean)
	traveling across
	(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
	a path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other
	a junction where one street or road crosses another
	a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect
	a shallow area in a stream that can be forded

Difference between mating and crossing

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