Breeding vs. Rearing: What's the Difference?

Breeding and Rearing Definitions
Breeding
One's line of descent; ancestry
A person of noble breeding.
Rearing
To care for (children or a child) during the early stages of life; bring up. See Usage Note at raise.
Breeding
Upbringing or education, especially in proper social behavior.
Rearing
To tend (growing plants or animals).
Breeding
The production of offspring or young
Measures to control the breeding of mosquitoes.
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Rearing
To build; erect.
Breeding
The propagation of animals or plants
A farm devoted to the breeding of horses.
Rearing
(Archaic) To lift upright; raise.
Breeding
Propagation of offspring through sexual reproduction.
Rearing
To rise on the hind legs, as a horse.
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Breeding
The act of insemination by natural or artificial means.
Rearing
To rise high in the air; tower.
Breeding
The act of copulation in animals.
Rearing
Present participle of rear
Breeding
The good manners regarded as characteristic of the aristocracy and conferred by heredity.
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Rearing
Act of raising young.
We studied blowfly rearings in various environmental conditions.
Breeding
Nurture; education; formation of manners.
Rearing
The properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child
Breeding
Descent; pedigree; extraction.
Your dog has good breeding.
Rearing
Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
They debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Breeding
(gay slang) Ejaculation inside the rectum during bareback anal sex.
Rearing
Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile;
A lion rampant
Breeding
Of, relating to or used for breeding.
Your toothbrush is a breeding ground for bacteria.
Breeding
Present participle of breed
Through genetic manipulation and harsh training, I am breeding a species of super-dogs to take over the world.
Breeding
The act or process of generating or bearing.
Breeding
The raising or improving of any kind of domestic animals; as, farmers should pay attention to breeding.
Breeding
Nurture; education; formation of manners.
She had her breeding at my father's charge.
Breeding
Deportment or behavior in the external offices and decorums of social life; manners; knowledge of, or training in, the ceremonies, or polite observances of society.
Delicacy of breeding, or that polite deference and respect which civility obliges us either to express or counterfeit towards the persons with whom we converse.
Breeding
Descent; pedigree; extraction.
Honest gentlemen, I know not your breeding.
Breeding
Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
Breeding
The result of good upbringing (especially knowledge of correct social behavior);
A woman of breeding and refinement
Breeding
Raising someone to be an accepted member of the community;
They debated whether nature or nurture was more important
Breeding
The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization
Breeding
The sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring
Breeding
Producing offspring or set aside especially for producing offspring;
The breeding population
Retained a few bulls for breeding purposes