Offshoot and Split

Offshoot

Offshoot noun - A branch of a main stem especially of a plant.

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Split and offshoot are semantically related in divergence topic. In some cases you can use "Split" instead a noun "Offshoot", when it comes to topics like radiation.

Split

Split noun - An irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure.

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Synonyms for Split

Antonyms for Split

Offshoot and split are semantically related in divergence topic. Sometimes you can use "Offshoot" instead a noun "Split", if it concerns topics such as radiation.

Nearby Words: splice, splitting, splitter

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

similar	similar offshoot	similar split
original	original offshoot	original split
small	small offshoot	small split
actual	actual offshoot	actual split
Other adjectives: large, little, infamous, later.

Both words in one sentence

Dante saw him as a schismatic (he viewed Islam as basically an offshoot from Christianity), so the Prophet is depicted split in half down the middle, with all his organs hanging out.

Source: Literature / The Divine Comedy
In World of Warcraft, the Argent Dawn is an offshoot of the Scarlet Crusade, which initially split from the Church of Light because the latter was unable to deal with the undead threat.

Source: Rebellious Rebel
From this election and between 2012 and 2015, ND was in a coalition with PASOK and DIMAR — an offshoot far left party that split in 2010 from SYRIZA.

Source: Useful Notes / Greece

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