Child vs. Daughter — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Child and Daughter
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Child
Biologically, a child (plural children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority.
Daughter
A daughter is a female offspring- a girl or woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state of being someone's daughter.
Child
A person between birth and puberty.
Daughter
One's female child.
Child
A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
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Daughter
A female descendant.
Child
An unborn infant; a fetus.
Daughter
A woman considered as if in a relationship of child to parent
A daughter of the nation.
Child
An infant; a baby.
Daughter
One that is personified or regarded as a female descendant
"Culturally Japan is a daughter of Chinese civilization" (Edwin O. Reischauer).
Child
One who is childish or immature.
Daughter
The immediate product of the radioactive decay of an element.
Child
Someone to whom a specified person is a parent.
Daughter
Possessing the characteristics of a daughter; having the relationship of a daughter.
Child
A member of a tribe; descendant
Children of Abraham.
Daughter
Of or relating to a cell, organelle, or other structure produced by division or replication
Daughter cell.
Daughter DNA.
Child
An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance
A child of nature.
A child of the Sixties.
Daughter
Produced by or resulting from the decay of a radioactive element
Daughter atom.
Daughter nuclide.
Child
A product or result of something specified
“Times Square is a child of the 20th century” (Richard F. Shepard).
Daughter
One’s female offspring.
I already have a son, so I would like to have a daughter.
Child
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
Go easy on him: he is but a child.
Daughter
A female descendant.
Child
A kid aged 1 to 11 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 month to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 12 years to 18 years.
Regular chores can be appropriate for both children and adolescents, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.
Daughter
A daughter language.
Child
(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
My youngest child is forty-three this year.
His adult children visit him yearly.
Daughter
(physics) A nuclide left over from radioactive decay.
Child
(cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
Daughter
A descendant.
Child
(figurative) A figurative offspring, particularly:
Daughter
(by extension) A female character of a creator.
Child
A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
The children of Israel.
He is a child of his times.
Daughter
A familiar address to a female person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.
Child
Anything derived from or caused by something.
Daughter
The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; - applied also to the lower animals.
Child
(computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.
The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.
Daughter
A female descendant; a woman.
This woman, being a daughter of Abraham.
Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land.
Child
Youth of noble birth
Daughter
A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.
And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters.
Child
(mathematics) A subordinate node of a tree.
Daughter
A term of address indicating parental interest.
Daughter, be of good comfort.
Child
A female child, a girl.
Daughter
A female human offspring;
Her daughter cared for her in her old age
Child
To give birth; to beget or procreate.
Child
A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; - in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.
Child
A descendant, however remote; - used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
Child
One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.
Child
A noble youth. See Childe.
Child
A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.
When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Child
A female infant.
A boy or a child, I wonder?
Child
To give birth; to produce young.
This queen Genissa childing died.
It chanced within two days they childed both.
Child
A young person of either sex;
She writes books for children
They're just kids
`tiddler' is a British term for youngsters
Child
A human offspring (son or daughter) of any age;
They had three children
They were able to send their kids to college
Child
An immature childish person;
He remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived
Stop being a baby!
Child
A member of a clan or tribe;
The children of Israel
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