Offshoot
Offshoot noun - A branch of a main stem especially of a plant.
Supplement and offshoot are semantically related. in by-product topic. In some cases you can use "Supplement" instead a noun "Offshoot".
Supplement
Supplement noun - Something added (as by growth).
Offshoot and supplement are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Offshoot" instead a noun "Supplement".
How words are described
| common | common offshoot | common supplement |
| separate | separate offshoot | separate supplement |
| original | original offshoot | original supplement |
| small | small offshoot | small supplement |
| Other adjectives: actual, large, infamous, famous, early, later, underground, unknown, occasional, different, comic, earlier, online. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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An old Traveller supplement detailed the Darrians, a minor human (space-elvish) offshoot in the Spinward Marches which had destroyed its own advanced (TL16) civilization by accidentally triggering a solar flare and frying every microchip for parsecs.
Source: Ragnarok-Proofing
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