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Spawned vs Spaned - What's the difference?

spawned | spaned |

As verbs the difference between spawned and spaned

is that spawned is (spawn) while spaned is (spane).

spawned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (spawn)

  • 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

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    spaned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spane)

  • spane

    English

    Verb

    (span)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To wean; to spean.
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