The difference between Offspring and Progeny

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Offspring and Progeny

  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. 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."

  2. Progeny as a noun (uncountable, obsolete):

    Descent, lineage, ancestry.

  3. 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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