Aftermath vs Offshoot - What's the difference?
aftermath | offshoot |
(obsolete, or farmers' jargon) A second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season.
That which happens after, that which follows. Has a strongly negative connotation in most contexts, implying a preceding catastrophe.
That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
As nouns the difference between aftermath and offshoot
is that aftermath is (obsolete|or farmers' jargon) a second mowing; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season while offshoot is that which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc; as, the offshoots of a tree.aftermath
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Noun
(en noun)- In contrast to most projections of the aftermath of nuclear war, in this there is no rioting or looting.