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Conjunction vs Fertilization - What's the difference?

conjunction | fertilization |

As nouns the difference between conjunction and fertilization

is that conjunction is the act of joining, or condition of being joined while fertilization is the act or process of rendering fertile.

conjunction

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of joining, or condition of being joined.
  • (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
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  • (grammar) A word used to join other words or phrases together into sentences. The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related. Example: Bread, butter and cheese.
  • (astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.
  • (astrology) An aspect in which planets are in close proximity to one another.
  • (logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the (\and) operator.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (in logic) disjunction

    Hypernyms

    * (in logic) logical connective

    Meronyms

    * (in logic) conjunct

    Derived terms

    * inferior conjunction * superior conjunction * conjunctive normal form

    See also

    * disjunction

    fertilization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fertilisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of rendering fertile.
  • The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
  • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization', because self-'''fertilization''' will result in less diverse offspring than ' fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}

    Synonyms

    * conception * fecundation * syngamy

    Derived terms

    * in vitro fertilization