Incubation vs Brooding - What's the difference?
incubation | brooding |
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
(pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or its period of incubation. (See below.)
(chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams.
* 1978 , Benjamin Walker, Encyclopedia of Metaphysical Medicine , Routledge 1978, p. 144:
(of a bird) Broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.
Deeply or seriously thoughtful.
A spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=June 22, author=Jon Caramanica, title=Once-Dreamy Indie Rockers, Masking Hurt With High-Gloss Sheen, work=New York Times
, passage=The lyrics are different: gone are the dreamy, un-self-conscious proclamations of affection from the EP (which was reissued with additional tracks), replaced with vividly dark broodings , thick with doubt and fear.}}
As nouns the difference between incubation and brooding
is that incubation is sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process while brooding is a spell of brooding; the time when someone broods.As an adjective brooding is
broody; incubating eggs by sitting on them.As a verb brooding is
present participle of lang=en.incubation
English
Noun
(en noun)- Incubation in the vicinity of burial places, cremation grounds, holy wells and sacred streams was common. The ancient Hebrews visited vaults or slept among tombs to get meaningful dreams.
Derived terms
* incubation periodbrooding
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A brooding hen can be aggressive.
- You like T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"? You must be so brooding and deep .
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)citation