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Cloning vs Breeding - What's the difference?

cloning | breeding |

As verbs the difference between cloning and breeding

is that cloning is present participle of lang=en while breeding is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between cloning and breeding

is that cloning is the production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum while breeding is the process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.

As an adjective breeding is

of, relating to or used for breeding.

cloning

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (wikipedia cloning)
  • (biology) The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum
  • (by extension) The production of an exact copy of an object
  • breeding

    Noun

    (-)
  • The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= David Van Tassel], [http://www.americanscientist.org/authors/detail/lee-dehaan Lee DeHaan
  • , 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.

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