Son vs Filial - What's the difference?
son | filial |
A male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.
A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents.
A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
A male descendant.
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(UK, colloquial)
(not comparable) Pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.
* 1794 , ,
(comparable) Respectful of the duties and attitudes of a son or daughter toward their parents.
* 1885 , , "The actions and Attitude of Filiality", translated by James Legge,Cited in Robert E. Van Voorst (ed.) (2005), Anthology of world scriptures , ISBN 0-534-52099-5
(genetics) Of a generation or generations descending from a specific previous one.
* 1916 , ,
As a noun son
is a male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.As a proper noun Son
is jesus Christ, whom Christians believe to be the son of God.As an acronym SON
is supraOptic Nucleus.As an abbreviation SON
is sonora, a state of Mexico.As an adjective filial is
pertaining to or befitting a son or daughter.son
English
Noun
(wikipedia son) (en noun)- The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son , not a daughter."
- He was a son of the mafia system.
- The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* (with regards to gender) daughter * (with regards to ancestry) father, mother, parentHypernyms
* childDerived terms
* bachelor's son * favorite son/favourite son * grandfather-father-son * grandson * * mother's son * prodigal son * son-in-law * sonny * son of a bitch * son of a gun * son of a whore * son of privilege * son of the manse * stepson * whoresonStatistics
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* (l), , (l) 1000 English basic words ----filial
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The filial duty Ellesmere had paid to a father, who had no other claim to it than that he was'' his father, was now consoling to ''him [D'Alonville]; [...]
- If the admonition [to the parent] does not take effect, the son will be more reverential and more filial ; [...]
Genetics & Eugenics, p. 101.
- This, following Bateson, we may call the parental generation or P generation. Subsequent generations are called filial generations (abbreviated F) and their numerical order is indicated by a subscript, [...]