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Offshoot vs Divestiture - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between offshoot and divestiture

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 divestiture is the act of divesting, or something divested.

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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    divestiture

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • the act of divesting, or something divested
  • the sale or liquidation of a subsidiary company, especially if forced by some governing authority
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 31, author=, title=Procter & Gamble forced to slice view, work=Toronto Star citation
    • , passage=Organic sales, which exclude the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign exchange, are now expected to rise 2 per cent to 5 per cent