procreate vs propagate

procreate and propagate both are verbs.

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

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

procreate: have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant
propagate: multiply sexually or asexually

Other hyponyms of procreate include fructify, set, breed, multiply, brood, cover, hatch, incubate.

procreate (verb)	propagate (verb)
have offspring or produce more individuals of a given animal or plant	multiply sexually or asexually
	cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering
	cause to become widely known
	transmit
	transmit or cause to broaden or spread
	become distributed or widespread
	travel through the air
	transmit from one generation to the next