Reproduction vs Procreation - What's the difference?
reproduction | procreation | Synonyms |
The act of reproducing new individuals biologically.
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A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate.
The process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing biological offspring
Procreation is a synonym of reproduction.
As nouns the difference between reproduction and procreation
is that reproduction is the act of reproducing new individuals biologically while procreation is the process by which an organism produces others of its biological kind.reproduction
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Katrina G. Claw
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction .}}