Genitor vs Progenitor - What's the difference?
genitor | progenitor |
a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring.
a generator; an originator
:(Sheldon)
(obsolete, in the plural) The genitals
:(Holland)
A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
An individual from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation...) are descended.
(biology) An ancestral form of a species
(figuratively) A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.
(figuratively) Someone who originates something.
A founder.
Progenitor is a antonym of genitor.
As nouns the difference between genitor and progenitor
is that genitor is a biological parent (either male or female), or the direct cause of an offspring while progenitor is a forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.genitor
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(en noun)Anagrams
* ----progenitor
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Alternative forms
* progenitour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- ''Abraham alias Ibrahim is the progenitor of both the Jewish and Arab peoples.
- was the progenitor of the Internet.