reproduction vs generation

reproduction and generation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
reproduction	Yes	No	No	No
generation	Yes	No	No	No

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

reproduction: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
generation: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

Other hyponyms of reproduction include crossbreeding, interbreeding, miscegenation, multiplication, propagation.

reproduction (noun)	generation (noun)
the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring	the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
the act of making copies	the production of heat or electricity
copy that is not the original; something that has been copied	a coming into being
recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall	group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent
the process of generating offspring	all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age
	the normal time between successive generations
	a stage of technological development or innovation

reproduction vs generation

reproduction and generation both are nouns.

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