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Hybrid vs Mongrel - What's the difference?

hybrid | mongrel |

As nouns the difference between hybrid and mongrel

is that hybrid is offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, e.g. two different species or two purebred parent strains while mongrel is someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin; especially, a dog that is such.

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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    mongrel

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Someone or something of mixed kind or uncertain origin; especially , a dog that is such.
    • That dog is a mongrel , who knows what breed it could be!
  • (slang, Australia) A thuggish or obnoxious person.

    • Synonyms

    * (someone of mixed kind) bitsa, bitser or bitzer (qualifier), cur, mutt

    Related terms

    * among

    Hyponyms

    * moggy (of a cat)

    References