recombinant vs being

recombinant and being both are nouns.

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

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

recombinant: a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred
being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

Other hypernyms of recombinant include organism, cell.

recombinant (noun)	being (noun)
a cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred	a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
	the state or fact of existing

recombinant (adjective)	being (adjective)
of or relating to recombinant DNA