Chick vs Offspring - What's the difference?
chick | offspring |
A young bird.
A young chicken.
(slang) (rft-sense) A woman (especially one who is young and/or attractive).
* {{quote-book, year=1927, title=Elmer Gantry, author=Sinclair Lewis
, passage=He had determined that marriage now would cramp his advancement in the church and that, anyway, he didn't want to marry this brainless little fluffy chick , who would be of no help in impressing rich parishioners.}}
* {{quote-book, year=2004, title=Bad moon rising?, author=Tess Pendergrass
, passage=I can't believe you've got a hot chick in that ratty apartment with you.}}
A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.
All a person's descendants, including further generations.
An animal or plant's progeny, an animal or plant's young.
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, title= (figuratively) Another produce, result of an entity's efforts.
(computing) A process launched by another process.
As nouns the difference between chick and offspring
is that chick is a young bird while offspring is a person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.As a verb chick
is to sprout, as seed does in the ground; to vegetate.chick
English
Noun
(en noun)- Three cool chicks / Are walking down the street / Swinging their hips — song "Three Cool Cats" by
Synonyms
* See also * See alsoDerived terms
* chick flick * chickfriend * chick litReferences
offspring
English
Noun
(en-noun)Katrina G. Claw
Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm, volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual.}}