Mating vs Coupling - What's the difference?
mating | coupling |
Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.
(zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
* 1981 , Henry Foster, The Mouse in Biomedical Research (page 96)
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act of joining together to form a couple
a device that couples two things together
(computing) the degree of reliance between two program modules
(electronics) a connection between two electronic circuits such that a signal can pass between them
(physics) The property of physical systems that they are interacting with each other
(sexuality) sexual intercourse
As nouns the difference between mating and coupling
is that mating is pairing of organisms for copulation while coupling is act of joining together to form a couple.As an adjective mating
is fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.As a verb mating
is present participle of lang=en.mating
English
(wikipedia mating)Adjective
(-)Noun
(en noun)- The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
William E. Conner
An Acoustic Arms Race, volume=101, issue=3, page=206-7, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.}}