Countdown vs Offspring - What's the difference?
countdown | offspring |
A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle
The acts of preparation carried out during this period
(slang) A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order ending with the No. 1.
(nonstandard) To count down
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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(computing) A process launched by another process.
As nouns the difference between countdown and offspring
is that countdown is a countdown, count(ing) backward to the (starting) time of some event while offspring is a person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.countdown
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(wikipedia countdown)Alternative forms
* count down * count-downNoun
(en noun)Verb
(head)offspring
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(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.}}