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offshoot vs upshot

upshot vs offshoot

offshoot and upshot both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
offshoot Yes No No No
upshot Yes No No No
As nouns, upshot is a hypernym of offshoot; that is, upshot is a word with a broader meaning than offshoot:
  • offshoot: a natural consequence of development
  • upshot: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Other hypernyms of offshoot include consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result.
offshoot (noun) upshot (noun)
a natural consequence of development a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Difference between offshoot and upshot

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