Spawn vs Born - What's the difference?
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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.
; given birth to.
Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.
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(Geordie) With fire.
As nouns the difference between spawn and born
is that spawn is the numerous eggs of an aquatic organism while born is .As a verb spawn
is to produce or deposit (eggs) in water.spawn
English
(wikipedia spawn)Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* despawn * respawn * spawnable * spawn point * spawner * spawnyNoun
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Derived terms
* hellspawnAnagrams
*born
English
(wikipedia born)Etymology 1
From the verb (term).Verb
(head)Adjective
(-)- I ought really to have called him my sergeant. He's a born' sergeant. That's as much as to say he's a ' born scoundrel.