Domesticate vs Semidomestic - What's the difference?
domesticate | semidomestic |
To make domestic.
To make fit for domestic life.
To adapt to live with humans.
To adapt to live with humans.
To make a legal instrument recognized and enforceable in a jurisdiction foreign to the one in which the instrument was originally issued or created.
Partially domesticated; accustomed to living together with humans
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As a verb domesticate
is to make domestic.As a noun domesticate
is an animal or plant that has been domesticated.As an adjective semidomestic is
partially domesticated; accustomed to living together with humans.domesticate
English
Verb
(domesticat)- The Russian claims to have successfully domesticated foxes.
- Dogs have clearly domesticated more than cats.
semidomestic
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Adjective
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