Child vs. Ward

Childnoun

A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)

Childnoun

a female child, a girl.

Childnoun

One's son or daughter, regardless of age.

Childnoun

(cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.

Childnoun

A figurative offspring, particularly:

Childnoun

A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.

Childnoun

Anything derived from or caused by something.

Childnoun

(computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.

Childnoun

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.

Childnoun

A descendant, however remote; - used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

Childnoun

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.

Childnoun

A noble youth. See Childe.

Childnoun

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.

Childnoun

A female infant.

Childverb

To give birth; to produce young.

Childnoun

a young person of either sex;

Childnoun

a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age;

Childnoun

an immature childish person;

Childnoun

a member of a clan or tribe;

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.

Wardnoun

A guard; a guardian or watchman.

Wardnoun

Protection, defence.

Wardnoun

(obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.

Wardnoun

The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.).

Wardnoun

Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.

Wardnoun

An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching or even from being able to locate said protected premises.

Wardnoun

Land tenure through military service.

Wardnoun

(fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.

Wardnoun

A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.

Wardnoun

An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.

Wardnoun

A section or subdivision of a prison.

Wardnoun

An administrative division of a borough, city or council.

Wardnoun

(UK) A division of a forest.

Wardnoun

(Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.

Wardnoun

A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

Wardnoun

A person under guardianship.

Wardnoun

A minor looked after by a guardian.

Wardnoun

(obsolete) An underage orphan.

Wardnoun

An object used for guarding.

Wardnoun

The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.

Wardverb

(transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.

Wardverb

(transitive) To defend, to protect.

Wardverb

(transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.

Wardverb

(intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Wardverb

(intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Wardnoun

The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.

Wardnoun

One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.

Wardnoun

The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

Wardnoun

A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.

Wardnoun

One who, or that which, is guarded.

Wardnoun

A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.

Wardnoun

A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.

Wardnoun

A division of a county.

Wardnoun

A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.

Wardnoun

A division of a forest.

Wardnoun

A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.

Wardverb

To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.

Wardverb

To defend; to protect.

Wardverb

To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.

Wardverb

To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; - usually followed by off.

Wardverb

To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Wardverb

To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Wardnoun

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

Wardnoun

a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

Wardnoun

block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care;

Wardnoun

English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

Wardnoun

English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)

Wardnoun

United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)

Wardnoun

a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

Wardverb

watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect;