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Offshoot vs Byproduct - What's the difference?

offshoot | byproduct |

As nouns the difference between offshoot and byproduct

is that offshoot is that which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc; as, the offshoots of a tree while byproduct is a secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.

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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    byproduct

    English

    (by-product)

    Alternative forms

    * by-product

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.