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Hype vs Hybrid - What's the difference?

hype | hybrid |

As nouns the difference between hype and hybrid

is that hype is promotion or propaganda; especially, exaggerated claims while hybrid is (biology) offspring resulting from cross-breeding different entities, eg two different species or two purebred parent strains.

As a verb hype

is to promote heavily; to advertise or build up.

As an adjective hybrid is

consisting of diverse 'hybridized' components.

hype

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Promotion or propaganda; especially, exaggerated claims.
    • After all the hype for the diet plan, only the results ended up slim.

    Verb

    (hyp)
  • To promote heavily; to advertise or build up.
    • They started hyping the new magazine months before its release.

    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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