Branch vs. Subsidiary — What's the Difference?

A branch (UK: or UK: , US: ) or tree branch (sometimes referred to in botany as a ramus) is a woody structural member connected to but not part of the central trunk of a tree (or sometimes a shrub). Large branches are known as boughs and small branches are known as twigs.

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company. Two subsidiaries that belong to the same parent company are called sister companies.

A part of a tree which grows out from the trunk or from a bough

Serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary.

(of a road or path) divide into one or more subdivisions

Secondary in importance; subordinate.

(of a tree or plant) bear or send out branches

Of, relating to, or of the nature of a subsidy.

A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb.

One that is subsidiary to another.

A lateral division or subdivision of certain other plant parts, such as a root or flower cluster.

A subsidiary company.

A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer's antlers.

(Music) A theme subordinate to a main theme or subject.

(Anatomy) An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.

Auxiliary or supplemental.

An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas

Secondary or subordinate.

A division of a business or other organization.

Of or relating to a subsidy.

A division of a family, categorized by descent from a particular ancestor.

A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

(Linguistics) A subdivision of a family of languages, such as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.

(music) A subordinate theme.

A tributary of a river.

One who aids or supplies; an assistant.

Chiefly Southern US See creek. See Note at run.

Furnishing aid; assisting; auxiliary; helping; tributary; especially, aiding in an inferior position or capacity; as, a subsidiary stream.

A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.

Of or pertaining to a subsidy; constituting a subsidy; being a part of, or of the nature of, a subsidy; as, subsidiary payments to an ally.

(Mathematics) A part of a curve that is separated, as by discontinuities or extreme points.

One who, or that which, contributes aid or additional supplies; an assistant; an auxiliary.

A sequence of program instructions to which the normal sequence of instructions relinquishes control, depending on the value of certain variables.

An assistant subject to the authority or control of another

The instructions executed as the result of such a passing of control.

A company that is completely controlled by another company

(Chemistry) A bifurcation in a linear chain of atoms, especially in an organic molecule where isomeric hydrocarbon groups can vary in the location and number of these bifurcations of the carbon chain.

Relating to something that is added but is not essential;

To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.

Functioning in a subsidiary or supporting capacity;

To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from

(Computers) To relinquish control to another set of instructions or another routine as a result of the presence of a branch.

To separate (something) into branches.

To embroider (something) with a design of foliage or flowers.

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

Any of the parts of something that divides like the branch of a tree.

A creek or stream which flows into a larger river.

(geometry) One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance.

A location of an organization with several locations.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line.

(Mormonism) A local congregation of the LDS Church that is not large enough to form a ward; see Wikipedia article on ward in LDS church.

An area in business or of knowledge, research.

(nautical) A certificate given by Trinity House to a pilot qualified to take navigational control of a ship in British waters.

(computing) A sequence of code that is conditionally executed.

(computing) A group of related files in a source control system, including for example source code, build scripts, and media such as images.

(rail transport) A branch line.

(intransitive) To arise from the trunk or a larger branch of a tree.

(intransitive) To produce branches.

(ambitransitive) To (cause to) divide into separate parts or subdivisions.

To jump to a different location in a program, especially as the result of a conditional statement.

(transitive) To strip of branches.

To discipline (a union member) at a branch meeting.

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway.

Any member or part of a body or system; a distinct article; a section or subdivision; a department.

One of the portions of a curve that extends outwards to an indefinitely great distance; as, the branches of an hyperbola.

A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line or lines from the same stock; any descendant in such a line; as, the English branch of a family.

A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters.

Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.; as, a branch vein; a branch road or line; a branch topic; a branch store.

To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.

To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

To divide as into branches; to make subordinate division in.

To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

An administrative division of some larger or more complex organization;

A division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

A part of a forked or branching shape;

A natural consequence of development

A stream or river connected to a larger one

Any projection that is thought to resemble an arm;

Grow and send out branches or branch-like structures;

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork;