Descendant vs. Offshoot

Descendantadjective

descending from a biological ancestor.

Descendantadjective

proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.

Descendantnoun

(literally) One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.

Descendantnoun

(figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.

Descendantnoun

(biology) A later evolutionary type.

Descendantnoun

(linguistics) A language that is descended from another.

Descendantnoun

(linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.

Descendantadjective

Descendent.

Descendantnoun

One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; - correlative to ancestor or ascendant.

Descendantnoun

a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

Descendantadjective

going or coming down

Offshootnoun

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem or branch of a plant.

Offshootnoun

That which develops from something else.

Offshootnoun

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

Offshootnoun

a natural consequence of development