Breeding vs Keeping - What's the difference?
breeding | keeping |
The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
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, title= 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
Descent; pedigree; extraction.
* Shakespeare
(gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
Of, relating to or used for breeding.
conformity or harmony.
charge or care.
* South
Maintenance; support; provision; feed.
* Milton
As nouns the difference between breeding and keeping
is that breeding is the process through which propagation, growth or development occurs while keeping is conformity or harmony.As verbs the difference between breeding and keeping
is that breeding is present participle of lang=en while keeping is present participle of lang=en.As an adjective breeding
is of, relating to or used for breeding.breeding
English
(wikipedia breeding)Noun
(-)David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
Wild Plants to the Rescue, volume=101, issue=3, page=222, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
- She had her breeding at my father's charge.
- Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding .
Adjective
(-)- Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Derived terms
* breeding groundVerb
(head)- Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.
Anagrams
*keeping
English
Noun
- The songs are new but in keeping with tradition.
- The foreground of this painting is not in keeping .
- His happiness is in his own keeping .
- The cattle have good keeping .
- the work of many hands, which earns my keeping
