Difference between Breed and Spawn

What is the difference between Breed and Spawn?

Breed as a verb is to sexually produce offspring. while Spawn as a verb is to produce and/or deposit (eggs) in water.

Breed

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To sexually produce offspring. Of animals, to mate. To keep animals and have them reproduce in a way that improves the next generation's qualities. To arrange the mating of specific animals. To propagate or grow plants trying to give them certain qualities. To make sure that one's young grow up to adulthood. To yield or result in.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies eg. a breed of tulip, a breed of animal. A race or lineage.

Example sentence: Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.

Spawn

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The numerous eggs of an aquatic organismMushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation(by extension) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To produce and/or deposit (eggs) in water.To generate, bring into being, especially non-mammalian beings in very large numbers.To bring forth in general.To induce (aquatic organisms) to spawnTo plant with fungal spawnTo deposit (numerous) eggs in water.To reproduce, especially in large numbers.

We hope you now know whether to use Breed or Spawn in your sentence.

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