lay vs spawn

lay and spawn both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lay	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
spawn	Yes	No	Yes	No

As verbs, spawn is a hyponym of lay; that is, spawn is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lay:

lay (noun)	spawn (noun)
a narrative poem of popular origin	the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

lay (adjective)	spawn (adjective)
not of or from a profession
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

lay (verb)	spawn (verb)
put in a horizontal position	lay spawn
put into a certain place or abstract location	call forth
lay eggs
prepare or position for action or operation
impose as a duty, burden, or punishment