sexual union vs crossing

crossing vs sexual union

sexual union and crossing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sexual union	Yes	No	No	No
crossing	Yes	No	No	No

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

sexual union: 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 sexual union include assortative mating, disassortative mating, cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding, inbreeding, service, servicing.

sexual union (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 sexual union and crossing

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