Offspring vs Successor - What's the difference?
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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.
A person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.
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The next heir in order or succession.
A person who inherits a title or office.
(arithmetic, set theory) The integer, ordinal number or cardinal number immediately following another.
As nouns the difference between offspring and successor
is that offspring is a person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children while successor is a person or thing that immediately follows another in holding an office or title.offspring
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Noun
(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.}}
Usage notes
* The form offsprings is also used for the plural, especially the computing sense.Synonyms
* baby/babies, child/children, issue (plural only), get * (all descendants) descendants, lineage, progeny, get, binary cloneAntonyms
* genitor (rare), parent, progenitor, father (male), mother (female) * (descendants) ancestors, forbears/forebears, forefathersDerived terms
* donor offspring * parent-offspring conflictsuccessor
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(wikipedia successor)Alternative forms
* successour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- George W. Bush was successor to Bill Clinton as President of the US.
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