Sparse vs Spawn - What's the difference?
sparse | spawn |
Having widely spaced intervals.
Not dense; meager.
(obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
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.
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.
As verbs the difference between sparse and spawn
is that sparse is (obsolete) to scatter; to disperse while spawn is to produce or deposit (eggs) in water.As an adjective sparse
is having widely spaced intervals.As a noun spawn is
the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.sparse
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(er)Derived terms
* sparse array * sparse index * sparse matrixVerb
(spars)- (Spenser)
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(wikipedia spawn)Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* despawn * respawn * spawnable * spawn point * spawner * spawnyNoun
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