Mating vs Courtship - What's the difference?
mating | courtship |
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
* 1981 , Henry Foster, The Mouse in Biomedical Research (page 96)
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The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.
The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.
* 1968 , , Couples , Penguin, 10:
Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy.
Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse.
As nouns the difference between mating and courtship
is that mating is pairing of organisms for copulation while courtship is the act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor.As an adjective mating
is fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.As a verb mating
is present participle of lang=en.mating
English
(wikipedia mating)Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}
Synonyms
* pairingVerb
(head)Anagrams
*courtship
English
(wikipedia courtship)Noun
(en noun)- Their courtship passed as something instantly forgotten, like an enchantment, or a mistake.