Does Sown Mean Planted?

When a farmer's fields are sown, it means that she's planted seeds in them. If you sow something, you scatter seeds on it or plant tiny seedlings in it.

Is sowing the same as planting?

We sow seeds but flowers, onions, peas are planted. ... Sow signifies the fact of spreading small seeds on the ground or in small depth furrows that we will cover with soil. We plant by hand kernels, tubers and some seeds.

What is the meaning for sown?

transitive verb. 1a : to scatter (seed) upon the earth for growth broadly : plant sense 1a. b : to strew with or as if with seed. c : to introduce into a selected environment : implant. 2 : to set in motion : foment sow suspicion.