testcross vs crossing

crossing vs testcross

testcross and crossing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
testcross	Yes	No	No	No
crossing	Yes	No	No	No

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

testcross: 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 testcross include cross, crossbreeding, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding.

testcross (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 testcross and crossing

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