Difference between Spawn and Engender

What is the difference between Spawn and Engender?

Spawn as a verb is to produce and/or deposit (eggs) in water. while Engender as a verb is to beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).

Spawn

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism Mushroom 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 spawn To plant with fungal spawn To deposit (numerous) eggs in water. To reproduce, especially in large numbers.

Engender

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To beget (of a man); to bear or conceive (of a woman).To give existence to, to produce (living creatures).To bring into existence (a situation, quality, result etc.); to give rise to, cause, create.To copulate, to have sex.To endow with gender; to create gender or enhance the importance of gender.

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

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