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Mating vs Fertilization - What's the difference?

mating | fertilization |

As nouns the difference between mating and fertilization

is that mating is (zoology) pairing of organisms for copulation while fertilization is the act or process of rendering fertile.

As an adjective mating

is fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

As a verb mating

is .

mating

English

(wikipedia mating)

Adjective

(-)
  • Fitting into or onto a corresponding part, as a matched plug and socket.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Pairing of organisms for copulation.
  • * 1981 , Henry Foster, The Mouse in Biomedical Research (page 96)
    • The progeny of backcrosses and intercrosses will form some incrosses and some matings of other types.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= William E. Conner
    • , title= 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.}}

    Synonyms

    * pairing

    Verb

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    *

    fertilization

    English

    Alternative forms

    * fertilisation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or process of rendering fertile.
  • The act of fecundating or impregnating animal or vegetable gametes; especially, the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, or an analogous process in flowerless plants; fecundation; impregnation.
  • *{{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw
    • , title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization', because self-'''fertilization''' will result in less diverse offspring than ' fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}

    Synonyms

    * conception * fecundation * syngamy

    Derived terms

    * in vitro fertilization