Breed vs Spawn - What's the difference?

In transitive terms the difference between breed and spawn

is that breed is to give birth to; to be the native place of while spawn is to plant with fungal spawn.

In intransitive terms the difference between breed and spawn

is that breed is to have birth; to be produced or multiplied while spawn is to reproduce, especially in large numbers.

As verbs the difference between breed and spawn

is that breed is to produce offspring sexually; to bear young while spawn is to produce or deposit (eggs) in water.

As nouns the difference between breed and spawn

is that breed is all animals or plants of the same species or subspecies while spawn is the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

breed

English

Alternative forms

* breede (archaic)

Verb

To produce offspring sexually; to bear young.

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To give birth to; to be the native place of.

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* Shakespeare

Yet every mother breeds not sons alike.

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 take care of in infancy and through childhood; to bring up.

* Dryden

to bring thee forth with pain, with care to breed

* Everett

born and bred on the verge of the wilderness

To yield or result in.

* Milton

Lest the place / And my quaint habits breed astonishment.

(obsolete) To be formed in the parent or dam; to be generated, or to grow, like young before birth.

To educate; to instruct; to form by education; to train; sometimes followed by up .

* Bishop Burnet

No care was taken to breed him a Protestant.

* John Locke

His farm may not remove his children too far from him, or the trade he breeds them up in.

To produce or obtain by any natural process.

* John Locke

Children would breed their teeth with less danger.

To have birth; to be produced or multiplied.

* Shakespeare

Heavens rain grace / On that which breeds between them.

Synonyms

* (take care of in infancy and through childhood) raise, bring up, rear

Derived terms

* breeder * breeding * breed in the bone

Noun

(en noun)

All animals or plants of the same species or subspecies.

a breed of tulip

a breed of animal

A race or lineage.

(informal) A group of people with shared characteristics.

People who were taught classical Greek and Latin at school are a dying breed .

Anagrams

* English irregular verbs ----

spawn

English

(wikipedia spawn)

Verb

(en verb)

To produce 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.

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To reproduce, especially in large numbers.

(ergative, video games, of a character or object) (To cause) to appear spontaneously in a game at a certain point and time.

Derived terms

* despawn * respawn * spawnable * spawn point * spawner * spawny

Noun

(spawn)

The numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.

Mushroom mycelium prepared for (aided) propagation.

(by extension, sometimes, derogatory) Any germ or seed, even a figurative source; offspring.

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(horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.

(video games) The location in a game where characters or objects spontaneously appear.

Derived terms

* hellspawn