Offshoot vs Kin - What's the difference?
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That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Race; family; breed; kind.
(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
* Francis Bacon
One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
Kind; sort; manner; way.
Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
A primitive Chinese musical instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
* 1840 , Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams, The Chinese Repository (page 40)
As nouns the difference between offshoot and kin
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 kin is race; family; breed; kind.As an adjective kin is
related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".offshoot
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) kin, kyn, ken, kun, from (etyl) .Noun
(-)- You are of kin , and so a friend to their persons.
Derived terms
* akin * kind * kindred * kinfolk * kinship * kinsman * kinswoman * kith and kin * next of kinSee also
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*Adjective
(-)- It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers.
Etymology 2
Noun
(en noun)- (Riemann)
- If a musician were going to give a lecture upon the mathematical part of his art, he would find a very elegant substitute for the monochord in the Chinese kin .