Offspring vs Tempt - What's the difference?
offspring | tempt |
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.
To provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.
To attract; to allure.
To provoke something; to court.
As a noun offspring
is a person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.As a verb tempt is
to provoke someone to do wrong, especially by promising a reward; to entice.offspring
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Noun
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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 conflicttempt
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Verb
(en verb)- She tempted me to eat the apple.
- Its glossy skin tempted me.
- It would be tempting fate.