Offspring vs. Parent — What's the Difference?

In biology, offspring are the young born of living organisms, produced either by a single organism or, in the case of sexual reproduction, two organisms. Collective offspring may be known as a brood or progeny in a more general way.

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).

A person's child or children

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.

The organism or organisms resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction.

A female person who is pregnant with or gives birth to a child except when someone else has legal rights to the child.

A child or children of a parent or parents

A person who adopts a child.

The result or product of something

A person who raises a child.

A person's daughter(s) and/or son(s); a person's children.

An ancestor; a progenitor.

All of a person's descendants, including further generations.

An organism that produces or generates offspring.

An animal or plant's progeny or young.

A guardian; a protector.

(figuratively) Anything produced; the result of an entity's efforts.

A parent company.

(computing) A process launched by another process.

A source or cause; an origin

The act of production; generation.

To act as a parent to; raise and nurture

That which is produced; a child or children; a descendant or descendants, however remote from the stock.

To cause to come into existence; originate.

Origin; lineage; family.

To act as a parent.

The immediate descendants of a person;

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

Something that comes into existence as a result;

A surrogate parent

Any immature animal

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

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

(obsolete) A relative.

The source or origin of something.

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

(attributive) Sponsor, supporter, owner, protector.

A parent company.

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

(physics) The nuclide that decays into a daughter nuclide.

To act as parent, to raise or rear.

One who begets, or brings forth, offspring; a father or a mother.

That which produces; cause; source; author; begetter; as, idleness is the parent of vice.

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

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