Offshoot vs Outcrop - 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.
A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
(geology, of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground.