Mating vs Maying - What's the difference?
mating | maying |
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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The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day.
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As nouns the difference between mating and maying
is that mating is pairing of organisms for copulation while maying is the celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day.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.}}