The difference between Beginning and Embryo

When used as nouns, beginning means the act of doing that which begins anything, whereas embryo means in the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

Beginning is also adjective with the meaning: of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

check bellow for the other definitions of Beginning and Embryo

  1. Beginning as a noun (uncountable):

    The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.

  2. Beginning as a noun:

    That which is begun; a rudiment or element.

  3. Beginning as a noun:

    That which begins or originates something; the first cause.

  4. Beginning as a noun:

    The initial portion of some extended thing.

    Examples:

    "The author describes the main character's youth at the beginning of the story."

    "That house is at the beginning of the street."

  1. Beginning as a verb:

    Examples:

    "He is beginning to read a new book."

  1. Beginning as an adjective (informal):

    Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

    Examples:

    "in the beginning paragraph of the chapter"

    "in the beginning section of the course"

  1. Embryo as a noun:

    In the reproductive cycle, the stage after the fertilization of the egg that precedes the development into a fetus.

  2. Embryo as a noun:

    An organism in the earlier stages of development before it emerges from the egg, or before metamorphosis.

  3. Embryo as a noun:

    In viviparous animals, the young animal's earliest stages in the mother's body

  4. Embryo as a noun:

    In humans, usually the cell growth up to the end of the seventh week in the mother's body

  5. Embryo as a noun (botany):

    A rudimentary plant contained in the seed.

  6. Embryo as a noun:

    The beginning; the first stage of anything.

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