Would someone please elaborate on the similarities and differences between botanical seeds and spores ?

Question

(including chromosomal characters) (Could a seed not, technically, be considered a type of spore ?)

Answer 1

Spores and seeds are completely different structurally. A spore consists of a single cell and contains no preformed embryonic parts. In contrast, a seed (typically) consists of hundreds or thousands of cells and contains stored food (the endosperm) and an embryo. Moreover, spores and seeds differ in what they give rise to. A fern spore gives rise to the prothallus of the gametophyte generation; a seed, to the baby plant of the new sporophyte generation.

Answer 2

what?