Mating vs Procreation - What's the difference?
mating | procreation |
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 process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
As nouns the difference between mating and procreation
is that mating is (zoology) pairing of organisms for copulation while procreation is procreation (production of offspring).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
(-)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.}}