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Related vs Inbreeding - What's the difference?

related | inbreeding |

As verbs the difference between related and inbreeding

is that related is past tense of relate while inbreeding is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective related

is standing in relation or connection.

As a noun inbreeding is

breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related.

related

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Standing in relation or connection.
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  • Being a relative of.
  • Narrated; told.
  • (music) Same as the adjective relative.
  • (mathematics) Fulfilling a relation.
  • (in combination) Having a relationship with the thing named

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (relate)

    • See also

    * relation * relationship * interrelate * interrelated

    Anagrams

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    inbreeding

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia inbreeding) (-)
  • (biology) breeding between members of a relatively small population, especially one in which most members are related
    • Inbreeding can result in handicapped children .

    Synonyms

    *incest

    Verb

    (head)