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Hybrid vs Hyper - What's the difference?

hybrid | hyper |

As nouns the difference between hybrid and hyper

is that hybrid is offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains while hyper is short for hyperspace.

As adjectives the difference between hybrid and hyper

is that hybrid is consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components while hyper is short for hyperactive.

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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    hyper

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (colloquial) Short for hyperactive

    • Noun

    (-)
  • (science fiction) Short for hyperspace
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