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Appendage vs Offshoot - What's the difference?

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Appendage is a related term of offshoot.


As nouns the difference between appendage and offshoot

is that appendage is an external body part that projects from the body while offshoot is that which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc; as, the offshoots of a tree.

appendage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • an external body part that projects from the body
  • a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism
  • a part that is joined to something larger

    • Synonyms

    * extremity, member * outgrowth, process

    offshoot

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (wikipedia offshoot) (en noun)
  • That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

    • Synonyms

    * spinoff

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