Difference between Expend and Spend

What is the difference between Expend and Spend?

Expend as a verb is to consume or exhaust some resource. while Spend as a verb is to consume, to use, to exhaust

Expend

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To consume or exhaust some resource. To spend or disburse money.

Spend

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to consume, to use, to exhaust

Part of speech: noun

Definition: amount spent (during a period)(in the plural) a childish term for money or pocket moneyDischarged semen.

Example sentence: Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

We hope you now know whether to use Expend or Spend in your sentence.

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