different between sprout vs offshoot

English

Etymology

From Middle English spruten, from Old English spr?tan, from Proto-Germanic *spreutan?. Doublet of spruit.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /sp?a?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /sp???t/
• Rhymes: -a?t, -??t

Noun

sprout (plural sprouts)

1. A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
2. A child.

3. A Brussels sprout.

4. A bean sprout.
5. An edible germinated seed.

Translations

Verb

sprout (third-person singular simple present sprouts, present participle sprouting, simple past and past participle sprouted)

1. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.

2. (transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.

3. (transitive) To deprive of sprouts.

4. (intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
5. (figuratively, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.

6. (figuratively, intransitive) To emerge or appear haphazardly

Synonyms

• ackerspyre (Chester)

Related terms

• unsprouted
• brussel sprout

Translations

Anagrams

• Portus, Proust, Stroup, Troups, stupor

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