Son vs. Boy

Sonnoun

One's male offspring.

Sonnoun

A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

Sonnoun

A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.

Sonnoun

A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.

Sonnoun

A male descendant.

Sonnoun

A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

Sonnoun

An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.

Sonverb

(transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.

Sonverb

(transitive) To address (someone) as "son".

Sonnoun

A male child; the male issue, or offspring, of a parent, father or mother.

Sonnoun

A male descendant, however distant; hence, in the plural, descendants in general.

Sonnoun

Any young male person spoken of as a child; an adopted male child; a pupil, ward, or any other young male dependent.

Sonnoun

A native or inhabitant of some specified place; as, sons of Albion; sons of New England.

Sonnoun

The produce of anything.

Sonnoun

Jesus Christ, the Savior; - called the Son of God, and the Son of man.

Sonnoun

a male human offspring;

Sonnoun

the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

Son

A son is a male offspring; a boy or man in relation to his parents. The female counterpart is a daughter.

Boynoun

A young male, particularly

Boynoun

A male child or teenager, as distinguished from infants or adults.

Boynoun

(diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.

Boynoun

A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.

Boynoun

(obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest male, a knave.

Boynoun

A male servant, slave, assistant, or employee, particularly:

Boynoun

A younger such worker.

Boynoun

A non-white male servant regardless of age, particularly as a form of address.

Boynoun

(obsolete) A male camp follower.

Boynoun

Any non-white male, regardless of age.

Boynoun

A male animal, especially, in affectionate address, a male dog.

Boynoun

A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.

Boynoun

Heroin.

Boyinterjection

Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.

Boyverb

to use the word boy to refer to someone

Boyverb

(transitive) to act as a boy in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage

Boynoun

A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

Boynoun

In various countries, a male servant, laborer, or slave of a native or inferior race; also, any man of such a race; - considered derogatory by those so called, and now seldom used.

Boyverb

To act as a boy; - in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

Boynoun

a youthful male person;

Boynoun

a friendly informal reference to a grown man;

Boynoun

a male human offspring;

Boynoun

(ethnic slur) offensive term for Black man;

Boy

A boy is a young male human. The term is usually used for a child or an adolescent.