What is the difference between adopted and son?
adopted | son |
(adopt)
(with relationship specified) To take by choice into relationship, child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.
(with relationship implied by context) To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
(with relationship implied by context) To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
(with relationship implied by context) To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.(rfex)
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To select and take or approve.
A male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.
A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents.
A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
A male descendant.
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As a verb adopted
is (adopt).As a noun son is
a male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.adopted
English
Verb
(head)adopt
English
Verb
(en verb)- A friend of mine recently adopted a Chinese baby girl found on the streets of Beijing.
- We're going to adopt a Dalmatian.
- This supermarket chain adopts several families every Yuletide, providing them with money and groceries for the holidays.
- to adopt the view or policy of another
- These resolutions were adopted .
son
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Noun
(wikipedia son) (en noun)- The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son , not a daughter."
- He was a son of the mafia system.
- The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.