different between offspring vs xenogenesis
offspring
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)
- A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.
- All of a person's descendants, including further generations.
- An animal or plant's progeny or young.
- (figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.
- (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
Translations
offspring From the web:
- what offspring means
- offsprings or offspring
- why are they called offspring
xenogenesis
English
Etymology
From xeno- +? -genesis.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /z?n???d???n?s?s/
Noun
xenogenesis (plural xenogeneses)
- A foreign origin or source.
- (biology) The production of an offspring that is unlike either of its parents.
Synonyms
- (Of both definitions): xenogeny
- (Of the biological definition only): heterogenesis
Derived terms
- xenogenetic
xenogenesis From the web:
- xenogenesis meaning
- what genre is xenogenesis
- what tempo is xenogenesis
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