different between derivation vs breeding

English

Etymology

From Middle English derivacioun, borrowed from Middle French dérivation, from Latin d?r?v?ti?, d?r?v?ti?nem.Morphologically derive +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?.???ve?.?(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

derivation (countable and uncountable, plural derivations)

1. A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
2. The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
3. (genealogy, linguistics) The act of tracing origin or descent.

4. (grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.
5. The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
6. That from which a thing is derived.
7. That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
8. (mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.
9. (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derived terms

• derivational
• derivation tree
• zero derivation

Related terms

• derive
• derived
• derivative

Translations

Further reading

• derivation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

See also

• derivation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ordinative

Danish

Noun

derivation c (singular definite derivationen, plural indefinite derivationer)

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Declension

Further reading

• “derivation” in Den Danske Ordbog

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?i?d??/
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Etymology 1

From Middle English breedyng, bredynge (“gestation, incubation, propagation, hatching; engineering, formation, development, growth”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Noun

breeding (countable and uncountable, plural breedings)

1. Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
2. The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
3. The act of copulation in animals.
4. The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
5. Nurture; education; formation of manners.
6. Descent; pedigree; extraction.
7. (gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex, usually applied to gay pornography.

Derived terms

• inbreeding
• outbreeding

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English bredyng, bredynge, from Old English *br?dende, from Proto-Germanic *br?dijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *br?dijan? (“to brood; breed”), equivalent to breed +? -ing.

Adjective

breeding (not comparable)

1. Of, relating to or used for breeding.

   Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.

Derived terms

• breeding ground

Verb

breeding

1. present participle of breed

   Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.

Anagrams

• beringed, bigender