different between offshoot vs scion

English

Etymology

From off- +? shoot.

Noun

offshoot (plural offshoots)

1. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.

   the offshoots of a tree

2. That which develops from something else.

   an offshoot of a criminal organization

Synonyms

• spin-off/spinoff

Translations

Further reading

• offshoot in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• offshoot in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• shoot off

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English sion, sioun, syon, scion, cion, from Old French cion, ciun, cyon, sion; from Frankish *k?þ?, *k?þ, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, *k?þaz (“sprout”), from Proto-Indo-European *geye (“to split open, sprout”), same source as Old English ??þ (“a young shoot; sprout; germ; sprig”), Old Saxon k?th (“sprout; germ”), Old High German k?di (“offshoot; sprout; germ”). See also French scion and Picard chion. Doublet of chit.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sa?.?n/, /?sa?.?n/
• Rhymes: -a??n

Noun

scion (plural scions)

1. A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
2. The heir to a throne.
3. A guardian.
4. (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

Translations

Trivia

One of three common words ending in -cion, the other two being coercion and suspicion.

Further reading

• “scion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

References

Anagrams

• ICONs, Nicos, cions, coins, icons, sonic

French

Etymology

From Old French cion, ciun, from Frankish *kith?, from Proto-Germanic *k?þô, *k?þ?, from Proto-Indo-European *geye- (“to split open, to sprout”). Spelling influenced by scie (“saw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sj??/

Noun

scion m (plural scions)

1. scion (detached twig)
2. tip of a fishing rod

Synonyms

• (detached twig): greffon

See also

• (tip of fishing rod): canne

Further reading

• “scion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).