Progeny vs. Prodigy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Progeny and Prodigy
ADVERTISEMENT
Compare with Definitions
Progeny
A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring
Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
A person with exceptional talents or powers
A math prodigy.
Jun 25, 2019
Progeny
The organism or organisms resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder
"The Spies performed prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers that fluttered from the chimneys" (George Orwell).
Jun 25, 2019
Progeny
A child or children of a parent or parents
Claimed to be the progeny of the king.
Jun 25, 2019
ADVERTISEMENT
Prodigy
(Archaic) A portentous sign or event; an omen.
Jun 25, 2019
Progeny
A person's descendants considered as a group.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent.
Jun 25, 2019
Progeny
A result or product
Lies that were the progeny of fear.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
Jun 25, 2019
ADVERTISEMENT
Progeny
(uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
Jun 25, 2019
Progeny
Descent, lineage, ancestry.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
A wonderful example of something.
Jun 25, 2019
Progeny
A result of a creative effort.
His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
An extremely talented person, especially a child.
Jun 25, 2019
Progeny
Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
So many terrors, voices, prodigies,May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign.
Jun 25, 2019
Progeny
The immediate descendants of a person;
She was the mother of many offspring
He died without issue
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
An unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration;
She is a chess prodigy
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
A sign of something about to happen;
He looked for an omen before going into battle
Jun 25, 2019
Prodigy
An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality;
The Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor
Jun 25, 2019
Share Your Discovery
⮪ Previous Comparison
Deposition vs. Disposition
Next Comparison ➦
Tattletale vs. Telltale
