The difference between Get and Progeny
When used as nouns, get means offspring, whereas progeny means offspring or descendants considered as a group.
Get is also verb with the meaning: to obtain.
check bellow for the other definitions of Get and Progeny
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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."
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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."
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Get as a verb (transitive, in a perfect construction, with present-tense meaning):
To have.
Examples:
"I've got a concert ticket for you."
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Get as a verb (copulative):
To become.
Examples:
"I'm getting hungry; how about you?"
"Don't get drunk tonight."
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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 )."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Get as a verb (transitive):
To cover (a certain distance) while travelling.
Examples:
"to get a mile"
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Get as a verb (transitive):
To cause to come or go or move.
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Get as a verb (transitive):
To cause to be in a certain status or position.
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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."
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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."
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Get as a verb (transitive):
To respond to (a telephone call, a doorbell, etc).
Examples:
"Can you get that call, please? I'm busy."
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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."
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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."
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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."
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Get as a verb (informal):
To be.
Examples:
"He got bitten by a dog."
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Get as a verb (transitive):
To become ill with or catch (a disease).
Examples:
"I went on holiday and got malaria."
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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."
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Get as a verb (transitive, informal):
To perplex, stump.
Examples:
"That question's really got me."
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Get as a verb (transitive):
To find as an answer.
Examples:
"What did you get for question four?"
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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."
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Get as a verb (transitive):
To hear completely; catch.
Examples:
"Sorry, I didn't get that. Could you repeat it?"
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Get as a verb (transitive):
To getter.
Examples:
"I put the getter into the container to get the gases."
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Get as a verb (now, rare):
To beget (of a father).
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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"
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Get as a verb (imperative, informal):
Examples:
"'Get her with her new hairdo."
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Get as a verb (informal, mostly, imperative):
Go away; get lost.
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Get as a verb (euphemism):
To kill.
Examples:
"They’re coming to get you, Barbara."
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Get as a verb (intransitive, obsolete):
To make acquisitions; to gain; to profit.
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Get as a noun (dated):
Offspring.
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Get as a noun:
Lineage.
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Get as a noun (sports, tennis):
A difficult return or block of a shot.
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Get as a noun:
Something gained.
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Get as a noun (British, regional):
A git.
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Get as a noun (Judaism):
A Jewish writ of divorce.
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Progeny as a noun (uncountable):
Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
Examples:
"I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny."
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Progeny as a noun (uncountable, obsolete):
Descent, lineage, ancestry.
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Progeny as a noun (countable):
A result of a creative effort.
Examples:
"His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date."
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