The difference between Daughter and Son

When used as nouns, daughter means one's female offspring, whereas son means one's male offspring.

Son is also verb with the meaning: to produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.

check bellow for the other definitions of Daughter and Son

  1. Daughter as a noun:

    One's female offspring.

    Examples:

    "I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter."

  2. Daughter as a noun:

    A female descendant.

  3. Daughter as a noun:

    A daughter language.

  4. Daughter as a noun (physics):

    A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.

  5. Daughter as a noun (by extension):

    a female character of a creator

  1. Son as a noun:

    One's male offspring.

    Examples:

    "Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."

  2. Son as a noun:

    A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents.

  3. Son as a noun:

    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.

  4. Son as a noun:

    A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.

    Examples:

    "He was a son of the mafia system."

  5. Son as a noun:

    A male descendant.

    Examples:

    "The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun."

  6. Son as a noun:

  7. Son as a noun (UK, colloquial):

  1. Son as a verb (transitive):

    To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.

  2. Son as a verb (transitive):

    To address (someone) as "son".

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