The difference between Get and Offspring

When used as nouns, get means offspring, whereas offspring means a person's daughter(s) and/or son(s).

Get is also verb with the meaning: to obtain.

check bellow for the other definitions of Get and Offspring

  1. Get as a verb (ditransitive):

    To obtain; to acquire.

    Examples:

    "I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store."

    "Lance is going to get Mary a ring."

  2. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To receive.

    Examples:

    "I got a computer from my parents for my birthday."

    "You need to get permission to leave early."

    "He got a severe reprimand for that."

  3. Get as a verb (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning):

    To have.

    Examples:

    "I've got a concert ticket for you."

  4. Get as a verb (copulative):

    To become.

    Examples:

    "I'm getting hungry; how about you?"

    "Don't get drunk tonight."

  5. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to become; to bring about.

    Examples:

    "That song gets me so depressed every time I hear it."

    "I'll get this finished by lunchtime."

    "I can't get these boots off upright (or on'upright )."

  6. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To fetch, bring, take.

    Examples:

    "Can you get my bag from the living-room, please?"

    "I need to get this to the office."

  7. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to do.

    Examples:

    "Somehow she got him to agree to it."

    "I can't get it to work."

  8. Get as a verb (intransitive, with various prepositions, such as [[into]], [[over]], or [[behind]]; for specific idiomatic senses see individual entries [[get into]], [[get over]], etc.):

    To adopt, assume, arrive at, or progress towards (a certain position, location, state).

    Examples:

    "The actors are getting into position."

    "When are we going to get to London?"

    "I'm getting into a muddle."

    "We got behind the wall."

  9. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.

    Examples:

    "to get a mile"

  10. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to come or go or move.

  11. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To cause to be in a certain status or position.

  12. Get as a verb (intransitive):

    To begin (doing something).

    Examples:

    "We ought to get moving or we'll be late."

    "After lunch we got chatting."

  13. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To take or catch (a scheduled transportation service).

    Examples:

    "I normally get the 7:45 train."

    "I'll get the 9 a.m. [flight] to Boston."

  14. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).

    Examples:

    "Can you get that call, please? I'm busy."

  15. Get as a verb (intransitive, followed by infinitive):

    To be able, permitted (to do something); to have the opportunity (to do something).

    Examples:

    "I'm so jealous that you got to see them perform live!"

    "The finders get to keep 80 percent of the treasure."

  16. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To understand. }}

    Examples:

    "Yeah, I get it, it's just not funny."

    "I don't get what you mean by "fun". This place sucks!"

    "I mentioned that I was feeling sad, so she mailed me a box of chocolates. She gets me."

  17. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To be told; be the recipient of (a question, comparison, opinion, etc.).

    Examples:

    "You look just like Helen Mirren." / "I get that a lot."

  18. Get as a verb (informal):

    To be.

    Examples:

    "He got bitten by a dog."

  19. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To become ill with or catch (a disease).

    Examples:

    "I went on holiday and got malaria."

  20. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To catch out, trick successfully.

    Examples:

    "He keeps calling pretending to be my boss—it gets me every time."

  21. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To perplex, stump.

    Examples:

    "That question's really got me."

  22. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To find as an answer.

    Examples:

    "What did you get for question four?"

  23. Get as a verb (transitive, informal):

    To bring to reckoning; to catch (as a criminal); to effect retribution.

    Examples:

    "The cops finally got me."

    "I'm gonna get him for that."

  24. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To hear completely; catch.

    Examples:

    "Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?"

  25. Get as a verb (transitive):

    To getter.

    Examples:

    "I put the getter into the container to get the gases."

  26. Get as a verb (now, rare):

    To beget (of a father).

  27. Get as a verb (archaic):

    To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.

    Examples:

    "to get a lesson;  to get out one's Greek lesson"

  28. Get as a verb (imperative, informal):

    Examples:

    "'Get her with her new hairdo."

  29. Get as a verb (informal, mostly, imperative):

    Go away; get lost.

  30. Get as a verb (euphemism):

    To kill.

    Examples:

    "They’re coming to get you, Barbara."

  31. Get as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):

    To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.

  1. Get as a noun (dated):

    Offspring.

  2. Get as a noun:

    Lineage.

  3. Get as a noun (sports, tennis):

    A difficult return or block of a shot.

  4. Get as a noun:

    Something gained.

  1. Get as a noun (British, regional):

    A git.

  1. Get as a noun (Judaism):

    A Jewish writ of divorce.

  1. Offspring as a noun:

    A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.

  2. Offspring as a noun:

    All of a person's descendants, including further generations.

  3. Offspring as a noun:

    An animal or plant's progeny or young.

  4. Offspring as a noun (figuratively):

    Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.

    Examples:

    "Artists often treasure their works as their immortal offspring."

  5. Offspring as a noun (computing):

    A process launched by another process.

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