The difference between Offspring and Parent

When used as nouns, offspring means a person's daughter(s) and/or son(s), whereas parent means one of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended.

Parent is also verb with the meaning: to act as parent, to raise or rear.

check bellow for the other definitions of Offspring and Parent

  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.

  1. Parent as a noun:

    One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.

  2. Parent as a noun:

    A surrogate mother

  3. Parent as a noun:

    A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material

  4. Parent as a noun:

    A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.

  5. Parent as a noun (obsolete):

    A relative.

  6. Parent as a noun:

    The source or origin of something.

  7. Parent as a noun (biology):

    An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.

  8. Parent as a noun (attributive):

    Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector. A parent company.

  9. Parent as a noun (computing):

    The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.

  1. Parent as a verb:

    To act as parent, to raise or rear.

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