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Breeding vs Manners - What's the difference?

breeding | manners | Synonyms |

Breeding is a synonym of manners.


As nouns the difference between breeding and manners

is that breeding is the process through which propagation, growth or development occurs while manners is .

As an adjective breeding

is of, relating to or used for breeding.

As a verb breeding

is .

breeding

English

(wikipedia breeding)

Noun

(-)
  • The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
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    • , title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, page=222, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.
  • 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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    manners

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • Etiquette (always plural in this sense).

    • Derived terms

    * good manners * bad manners * well-mannered * ill-mannered * table manners English pluralia tantum English plurals