Child vs. Parent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Child and Parent
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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.
Parent
A parent is a caregiver of the offspring in their own species. In humans, a parent is the caretaker of a child (where "child" refers to offspring, not necessarily age).
Child
A person between birth and puberty.
Parent
A female person whose egg unites with a sperm or a male person whose sperm unites with an egg, resulting in the conception of a child or the birth of a child.
Child
A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
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Parent
A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.
Child
An unborn infant; a fetus.
Parent
A person who adopts a child.
Child
An infant; a baby.
Parent
A person who raises a child.
Child
One who is childish or immature.
Parent
An ancestor; a progenitor.
Child
Someone to whom a specified person is a parent.
Parent
An organism that produces or generates offspring.
Child
A member of a tribe; descendant
Children of Abraham.
Parent
A guardian; a protector.
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.
Parent
A parent company.
Child
A product or result of something specified
“Times Square is a child of the 20th century” (Richard F. Shepard).
Parent
A source or cause; an origin
Despair is the parent of rebellion.
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.
Parent
To act as a parent to; raise and nurture
"A genitor who does not parent the child is not its parent" (Ashley Montagu).
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.
Parent
To cause to come into existence; originate.
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.
Parent
To act as a parent.
Child
(cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
Parent
One of the two persons from whom one is immediately biologically descended; a mother or father.
After both her parents were killed in a forest fire, Sonia was adopted by her aunt and uncle.
Child
(figurative) A figurative offspring, particularly:
Parent
A surrogate parent
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.
Parent
A third person who has provided DNA samples in an IVF procedure in order to alter faulty genetic material
Child
Anything derived from or caused by something.
Parent
A person who acts as a parent in rearing a child; a step-parent or adoptive parent.
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.
Parent
(obsolete) A relative.
Child
Youth of noble birth
Parent
The source or origin of something.
Child
(mathematics) A subordinate node of a tree.
Parent
(biology) An organism from which a plant or animal is immediately biologically descended.
Child
A female child, a girl.
Parent
(attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.
Child
To give birth; to beget or procreate.
Parent
A parent company.
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.
Parent
(computing) The object from which a child or derived object is descended; a node superior to another node.
Child
A descendant, however remote; - used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.
Parent
(physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.
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.
Parent
To act as parent, to raise or rear.
Child
A noble youth. See Childe.
Parent
One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord.
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.
Parent
That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.
Regular industry is the parent of sobriety.
Child
A female infant.
A boy or a child, I wonder?
Parent
A father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
Child
To give birth; to produce young.
This queen Genissa childing died.
It chanced within two days they childed both.
Parent
Bring up;
Raise a family
Bring up children
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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