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Hybrid vs Fairway - What's the difference?

hybrid | fairway |

In golf|lang=en terms the difference between hybrid and fairway

is that hybrid is (golf) a golf club that combines the characteristics of an iron and a wood while fairway is (golf) the area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.

As nouns the difference between hybrid and fairway

is that hybrid is (biology) offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, eg two different species or two purebred parent strains while fairway is (golf) the area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.

As an adjective hybrid

is consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

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-a
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    fairway

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (golf) the area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short
  • any tract of land free from obstacles
  • (Military) A channel either from offshore, in a river, or in a harbor that has enough depth to accommodate the draft of large vessels.(JP 4-01.6)
  • (nautical) a navigable channel in a harbour, offshore etc; the usual course taken by vessels in such places.
  • *1899 , Joseph Conrad,
  • *:Lights of ships moved in the fairway —a great stir of lights going up and going down.

    • See also

    * draft * watercraft. (JP 4-01.6) ----