Reflect vs Breeding - What's the difference?
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To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
To mirror, or show the image of something.
To be mirrored.
To agree with; to closely follow.
To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
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(senseid) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.
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The process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.
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, title= The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
The act of copulation in animals.
The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
Nurture; education; formation of manners.
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Descent; pedigree; extraction.
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(gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.
Of, relating to or used for breeding.
As verbs the difference between reflect and breeding
is that reflect is to bend back (light, etc) from a surface while breeding is .As a noun breeding is
the process through which propagation, growth or development occurs.As an adjective breeding is
of, relating to or used for breeding.reflect
English
Verb
(en verb)- A mirror reflects the light that shines on it.
- The moonlight reflected from the surface of water.
- The shop window reflected his image as he walked past.
- His image reflected from the shop window as he walked past.
- Entries in English dictionaries aim to reflect common usage.
- The team's victory reflects the Captain's abilities.
- The teacher's ability reflects well on the school.
- With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get
- People do that sort of thing every day, without ever stopping to reflect on the consequences.
- Not for the first time, he reflected that it was not so much the speeches that strained the nerves as the palaver that went with them.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* reflective * reflexion * unreflective * nonreflective * reflectorizebreeding
English
(wikipedia breeding)Noun
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- She had her breeding at my father's charge.
- Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding .
Adjective
(-)- Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Derived terms
* breeding groundVerb
(head)- Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.