Progeny vs. Prodigy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Progeny and Prodigy
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Definitions
Progeny
A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring
Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny
Prodigy
A person with exceptional talents or powers
A math prodigy.
Progeny
The organism or organisms resulting from sexual or asexual reproduction.
Prodigy
An act or event so extraordinary or rare as to inspire wonder
"The Spies performed prodigies of activity in clambering over the rooftops and cutting the streamers that fluttered from the chimneys" (George Orwell).
Progeny
A child or children of a parent or parents
Claimed to be the progeny of the king.
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Prodigy
(Archaic) A portentous sign or event; an omen.
Progeny
A person's descendants considered as a group.
Prodigy
An extraordinary thing seen as an omen; a portent.
Progeny
A result or product
Lies that were the progeny of fear.
Prodigy
An extraordinary occurrence or creature; an anomaly, especially a monster; a freak.
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Progeny
(uncountable) Offspring or descendants considered as a group.
I treasure this five-generation photograph of my great-great grandmother and her progeny.
Prodigy
An amazing or marvellous thing; a wonder.
Progeny
Descent, lineage, ancestry.
Prodigy
A wonderful example of something.
Progeny
A result of a creative effort.
His dissertation is his most important intellectual progeny to date.
Prodigy
An extremely talented person, especially a child.
Progeny
Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.
Prodigy
Something extraordinary, or out of the usual course of nature, from which omens are drawn; a portent; as, eclipses and meteors were anciently deemed prodigies.
So many terrors, voices, prodigies,May warn thee, as a sure foregoing sign.
Progeny
The immediate descendants of a person;
She was the mother of many offspring
He died without issue
Prodigy
Anything so extraordinary as to excite wonder or astonishment; a marvel; as, a prodigy of learning.
Prodigy
A production out of ordinary course of nature; an abnormal development; a monster.
Prodigy
An unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration;
She is a chess prodigy
Prodigy
A sign of something about to happen;
He looked for an omen before going into battle
Prodigy
An impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality;
The Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor
