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Hybridize vs Crossbreed - What's the difference?

hybridize | crossbreed |

In lang=en terms the difference between hybridize and crossbreed

is that hybridize is to construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages while crossbreed is to mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.

As verbs the difference between hybridize and crossbreed

is that hybridize is to cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids while crossbreed is to produce (an organism) by the mating]] of individuals of different breeds, [[variety|varieties, or species; hybridize.

As a noun crossbreed is

an organism produced by mating]] of individuals of different [[variety|varieties or breeds.

hybridize

English

Alternative forms

* hybridise (UK)

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to cross-breed animals or plants to form hybrids
  • to construct a hybrid word from elements of different languages
  • (physics) to combine atomic orbitals mathematically to form hybrid orbitals
  • (biochemistry) to combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules

    • crossbreed

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cross-breed

    Verb

  • To produce (an organism) by the mating]] of individuals of different breeds, [[variety, varieties, or species; hybridize.
  • *{{quote-news, year=1988, date=April 15, author=James Krohe Jr., title=Where Has All the Flora Gone?, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Recalling the crossbreeding of the lakeside daisy, he insists, "If we hadn't polluted that population with Ohio plants it might have vanished. }}
  • To mate so as to produce a hybrid; interbreed.
  • To mate (an organism) with another organism so as to produce a hybrid.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An organism produced by mating]] of individuals of different [[variety, varieties or breeds.