The phrase "a different offshoot" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a distinct branch or variation that has developed from a main source or idea.
Example: "The research team discovered a different offshoot of the original theory that provided new insights into the subject."
Alternatives: "an alternative branch" or "a separate variant".
This came in the wake of Tom Green, a polygamist (and member of a different Mormon offshoot) now serving five years in prison for bigamy with five "spiritual wives" and for accepting welfare checks for his 30 "fatherless" children.
After jumping to a new host, influenza can become more or less virulent — in fact, different offshoots could go in opposite directions — before a relatively stable new virus emerges.
(Sinagra) RJD2, DIPLO (Tonight) These two DJs represent two different offshoots of the crate-digging white kid tradition exemplified in the 90's by artists like DJ Shadow.
Between the Airplane's later work and the drastically different offshoots (Jefferson Starship, Starship, Hot Tuna, KBC Band, etc).
The German carrier is now studying the low-cost business model closely, however, and this week Mr Mayrhuber refused to rule out the possibility that Lufthansa might start its own low-cost operation as an offshoot with a different brand identity.The boldest mainstream response to the low-cost carriers is BA's.
It was an offshoot of a different message board which I also knew from my referral logs, "Something Awful," at the time, an online community of a few hundred nerds who liked comics, video games, and well, nerds things.
Helen sought out these drugs after undergoing surgery to remove one tumour from her lung, only to discover that a different tumour had set up offshoots there as well.
My grandfather was the last silversmith (my father chose a different craft, book-binding), although an offshoot of the metalworking - dental manufacturing - lives on in Ash dental products.
This week, the American Civil Liberties Union, the Consumer Federation of America and the Friends of Privacy U.S.A., an offshoot of the London-based Privacy International, weighed in with a different message: Europe needs to pass tough restrictions to save the digital economy, not destroy it.
