Derivation vs Breeding - What's the difference?
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A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root.
The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
That from which a thing is derived.
That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.
The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
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The act of copulation in animals.
The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
Nurture; education; formation of manners.
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Descent; pedigree; extraction.
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(gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
Of, relating to or used for breeding.
Derivation is a related term of breeding.
As nouns the difference between derivation and breeding
is that derivation is diversion while breeding is the process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.As an adjective breeding is
of, relating to or used for breeding.As a verb breeding is
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Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
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English
(wikipedia breeding)Noun
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- She had her breeding at my father's charge.
- Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding .
Adjective
(-)- Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Derived terms
* breeding groundVerb
(head)- Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.