biogenesis vs propagation

biogenesis and propagation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
biogenesis	Yes	No	No	No
propagation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, propagation is a hypernym of biogenesis; that is, propagation is a word with a broader meaning than biogenesis:

biogenesis: the production of living organisms from other living organisms
propagation: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production

Other hypernyms of biogenesis include generation, multiplication.

biogenesis (noun)	propagation (noun)
the production of living organisms from other living organisms	the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production
production of a chemical compound by a living organism	the spreading of something (a belief or practice) into new regions
	the movement of a wave through a medium