Difference between Multiply and Breed

What is the difference between Multiply and Breed?

Multiply as a verb is to increase the amount, degree or number of (something). while Breed as a verb is to sexually produce offspring.

Multiply

Part of speech: adverb

Definition: In many or multiple ways.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). To perform multiplication on (a number). To grow in number. To breed or propagate. To perform multiplication.

Example sentence: But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again.

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: For what can war, but endless war, still breed?

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

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