Dam vs Progenitor - What's the difference?
dam | progenitor | Related terms |
A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
An individual from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
(biology) An ancestral form of a species
(figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
(figuratively) Someone who originates something.
A founder.
As nouns the difference between dam and progenitor
is that dam is a structure placed across a flowing body of water to stop the flow while progenitor is a forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.As a verb dam
is to block the flow of water.progenitor
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Alternative forms
* progenitour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- ''Abraham alias Ibrahim is the progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.
- was the progenitor of the Internet.