breed vs procreate

breed is a noun but procreate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
breed	Yes	No	Yes	No
procreate	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, procreate is a hypernym of breed; that is, procreate is a word with a broader meaning than breed:

breed: have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)
procreate: have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant

Other hypernyms of breed include multiply, reproduce.

breed (noun)	procreate (noun)
a special type
a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

breed (verb)	procreate (verb)
have young (animals) or reproduce (organisms)	have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
copulate with a female, used especially of horses
cause to procreate (animals)
call forth