Offspring vs Youngster - What's the difference?
offspring | youngster |
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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, title= (figuratively) Another produce, result of an entity's efforts.
(computing) A process launched by another process.
A young person.
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As nouns the difference between offspring and youngster
is that offspring is a person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children while youngster is a young person.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 conflictyoungster
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Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster , fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.}}
- In a single moment Montenegro and their supporters were given fresh impetus and encouragement. Beciraj tested Hart with a low shot before teenager Phil Jones, on his England debut, suffered an anxious moment when Stevan Jovetic went down under his challenge, leaving the youngster clearly relieved to see referee Stark wave away Montenegro's appeals.