As nouns the difference between hybrid and amalgam
is that hybrid is offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains while amalgam is an alloy containing mercury.
As an adjective hybrid
is consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.
As a verb amalgam is
to amalgamate.
hybrid
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(
wikipedia hybrid)
(biology) Offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains.
Something of mixed origin or composition.
A word whose elements are derived from different languages.
Short for hybrid vehicle (especially a car), one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
(golf) A golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood.
Synonyms
* (l), (l)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.
Related terms
* hybrida
* hybridise / hybridize
* hybridism
* hybridist
* hybridity
* hybrid car
* hybrid computer
* hybrid tea, hybrid tea rose
See also
* transgenic
* cultivar
References
* hybrid, page 216, chapter: A Miscegenation Vocabulary in Interracialism, Terms from the Oxford English Dictionary, book: Black White Intermarriage in Americal History, Literature and Law, Edited by Werner Sollor, Oxford University Press, 2000 [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=tggfcZQyofAC&pg=PA216&dq=minton+warren+hybrida&client=firefox-av=onepage&q=minton%20warren%20hybrida&f=false]
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amalgam
Noun
(amalgams)
(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury
A combination of different things
Synonyms
* alloy, blend, combo, compound, mixture
Verb
(
en verb)
(archaic, ambitransitive) To amalgamate.
- (Boyle)
- (Ben Jonson)
References
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==Serbo-Croatian==
Noun
(l)
Declension
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, amalgamu, amalgamima
, amalgam, amalgame
, amalgame, amalgami
, amalgamu, amalgamima
, amalgamom, amalgamima
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