test-cross vs crossing

crossing vs test-cross

test-cross and crossing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
test-cross	Yes	No	No	No
crossing	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, crossing is a hypernym of test-cross; that is, crossing is a word with a broader meaning than test-cross:

test-cross: a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring
crossing: (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

Other hypernyms of test-cross include cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding.

test-cross (noun)	crossing (noun)
a cross between an organism whose genotype for a certain trait is unknown and an organism that is homozygous recessive for that trait so the unknown genotype can be determined from that of the offspring	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 test-cross and crossing

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