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Fund vs Gene - What's the difference?

fund | gene |

As nouns the difference between fund and gene

is that fund is discovery, finding, find (something that is found) while gene is embarrassment.

As a verb gene is

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fund

English

(wikipedia fund)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sum or source of money.
  • the fund of a bank, commercial house, manufacturing corporation, etc.
    a fund for the maintenance of underprivileged students
  • An organization managing such money.
  • A money-management operation, such as a mutual fund.
  • Several major funds were declared insolvent recently.
  • A large supply of something to be drawn upon.
  • He drew on his immense fund of knowledge.
  • * Macaulay
  • an inexhaustible fund of stories

    Derived terms

    (derived terms) * balanced fund * bond fund * closed-end fund * equity fund * feeder fund * fund of funds * growth fund * hedge fund * income fund * index fund * load fund * master fund * mutual fund * open-end fund * no-load fund * pension fund * stock fund * trust fund

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pay for.
  • gene

    English

    (wikipedia gene)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (genetics) A unit of heredity; a segment of DNA or RNA that is transmitted from one generation to the next, and that carries genetic information such as the sequence of amino acids for a protein.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author= Karen McVeigh
  • , volume=189, issue=2, page=10, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= US rules human genes can't be patented , passage=The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.}}

    Derived terms

    (terms derived from "gene") * * * * * * * * * * * * *

    See also

    * allele * dominant * recessive