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sex vs breeding

breeding vs sex

sex and breeding both are nouns.

sex is not an adjective while breeding is an adjective.

sex is a verb but breeding is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sex Yes No Yes No
breeding Yes Yes No No
As nouns, breeding is a hyponym of sex; that is, breeding is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sex:
  • sex: activities associated with sexual intercourse
  • breeding: the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
Other hyponyms of sex include bondage, outercourse, safe sex, conception, carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, pleasure, love, love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love, carnal abuse, conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union, facts of life, procreation, reproduction, arousal, foreplay, stimulation, perversion, sexual perversion, autoeroticism, autoerotism, promiscuity, promiscuousness, sleeping around, lechery, gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness, bisexuality, heterosexualism, heterosexuality, straightness, bestiality, sodomy, zooerastia, zooerasty, blowbang.
sex (noun) breeding (noun)
activities associated with sexual intercourse the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community
all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses the production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided the result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior)
elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
sex (adjective) breeding (adjective)
producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring
sex (verb) breeding (verb)
tell the sex (of young chickens)
to evoke sexual feelings
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