Orphan vs. Foundling — What's the Difference?

An orphan (from the Greek: ορφανός, romanized: orphanós) is a child whose parents have died, are unknown, or have permanently abandoned them.In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan. When referring to animals, only the mother's condition is usually relevant (i.e.

A deserted or abandoned child of unknown parentage.

A child whose parents are dead.

An abandoned child, left by its parent(s), often a baby left at a convent or similar safe place.

A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted.

A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.

A young animal that has been prematurely separated from its parents or its mother.

A child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown

One that lacks support, supervision, or care

A technology or product that has not been developed or marketed, especially on account of being commercially unprofitable.

(Printing) A very short line of type at the bottom of a paragraph, column, or page.

Deprived of parents.

Intended for orphans

Lacking support, supervision, or care.

Being a technology or product that is an orphan.

To deprive (a child or young animal) of a parent or parents.

A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.

A person, especially a minor, whose parents have permanently abandoned them.

A young animal with no mother.

(figuratively) Anything that is unsupported, as by its source, provider or caretaker, by reason of the supporter's demise or decision to abandon.

(typography) A single line of type, beginning a paragraph, at the bottom of a column or page.

(computing) Any unreferenced object.

Deprived of parents (also orphaned).

Remaining after the removal of some form of support.

(transitive) To deprive of parents used almost exclusively in the passive

To make unavailable, as by removing the last remaining pointer or reference to.

A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living.

Bereaved of parents, or (sometimes) of one parent.

To cause to become an orphan; to deprive of parents.

A child who has lost both parents

Someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision

The first line of a paragraph that is set as the last line of a page or column

A young animal without a mother

Deprive of parents

Deprived of parents by death or desertion