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Breeding vs Copulate - What's the difference?

breeding | copulate |

As adjectives the difference between breeding and copulate

is that breeding is of, relating to or used for breeding while copulate is (obsolete) joined; associated; coupled.

As verbs the difference between breeding and copulate

is that breeding is while copulate is to engage in sexual intercourse.

As a noun breeding

is the process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.

breeding

Noun

(-)
  • The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
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  • The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
  • The act of copulation in animals.
  • The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
  • Nurture; education; formation of manners.
  • * Shakespeare
  • She had her breeding at my father's charge.
  • Descent; pedigree; extraction.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding .
  • (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • Of, relating to or used for breeding.
  • Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.

    Derived terms

    * breeding ground

    Verb

    (head)
  • Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.

    Anagrams

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    copulate

    English

    Verb

    (copulat)
  • To engage in sexual intercourse.
  • Synonyms

    * fuck, make love, screw, swive, bang, sleep together * See also

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (obsolete) Joined; associated; coupled.
  • (Francis Bacon)
  • (grammar) Joining subject and predicate; copulative.
  • Anagrams

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