Propagate vs. Cultivate — What's the Difference?

Breed specimens of (a plant or animal) by natural processes from the parent stock

To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till.

Spread and promote (an idea, theory, etc.) widely

To loosen or dig soil around (growing plants).

(with reference to motion, light, sound, etc.) transmit or be transmitted in a particular direction or through a medium

To grow, tend, or raise (plants or certain animals, for example)

To cause (an organism) to multiply or breed.

To promote the growth of (a biological culture).

To breed (offspring).

To encourage or foster

To transmit (characteristics) from one generation to another.

To acquire, develop, or refine, as by education

To cause to extend to a broader area or larger number; spread

To seek the acquaintance or goodwill of; make friends with

To make widely known; publicize

To grow plants, notably crops.

(Physics) To cause (a wave, for example) to move in some direction or through a medium; transmit.

(figurative) To nurture; to foster; to tend.

To have offspring; multiply.

To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting.

To extend to a broader area or larger number; spread.

To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

(Physics) To move through a medium.

To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production.

To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

(transitive) To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space.

To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.

(transitive) To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate.

To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

To multiply; to increase.

Foster the growth of

(transitive) To generate; to produce.

Prepare for crops;

To produce young; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants.

Train to be discriminative in taste or judgment;

To take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

Adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment;

To cause to take effect on all relevant devices in a network.

To cause to continue or multiply by generation, or successive production; - applied to animals and plants; as, to propagate a breed of horses or sheep; to propagate a species of fruit tree.

To cause to spread to extend; to impel or continue forward in space; as, to propagate sound or light.

To spread from person to person; to extend the knowledge of; to originate and spread; to carry from place to place; to disseminate; as, to propagate a story or report; to propagate the Christian religion.

To multiply; to increase.

To generate; to produce.

To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly.

Transmit from one generation to the next;

Travel through the air;

Transmit;

Become distributed or widespread;

Transmit or cause to broaden or spread;

Cause to become widely known;

Cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering

Multiply sexually or asexually