different between countdown vs offspring

English

Alternative forms

• count down
• count-down

Etymology

From count +? down.

Pronunciation

• (noun) IPA^(key): /?ka?nt?da?n/

Noun

countdown (plural countdowns)

1. A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.
2. The acts of preparation carried out during this period.
3. A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order ending with the No. 1.

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Verb

countdown (third-person singular simple present countdowns, present participle countdowning, simple past and past participle countdowned)

1. (nonstandard) To count down.

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English

Etymology

From Middle English ofspring, from Old English ofspring (“offspring, descendants, posterity”), equivalent to off- +? spring. Compare Icelandic afspringur (“offspring”). More at off, spring.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??fsp???/
• (US) enPR: äf?spr?ng, IPA^(key): /??fsp???/, /??fsp???/

Noun

offspring (plural offspring or offsprings)

1. A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.
2. All of a person's descendants, including further generations.
3. An animal or plant's progeny or young.
4. (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.

5. (computing) A process launched by another process.

Usage notes

• The plural offsprings is mainly used for the computing sense.

Synonyms

• (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): baby/babies, child/children, fruit of one's loins, issue (plural only), get, kid/kids
• (all descendants): binary clone, descendants, fruit of one's loins, get, lineage, progeny, seed

Antonyms

• (daughter(s) and/or son(s)): genitor (rare), parent, progenitor, father (male), mother (female)
• (descendants): ancestors, forbears/forebears, forefathers

Derived terms

• donor offspring
• grandoffspring
• parent-offspring conflict

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