Polishness vs descent

Polishness and descent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Polishness	Yes	No	No	No
descent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, descent is a hypernym of Polishness; that is, descent is a word with a broader meaning than Polishness:

Other hypernyms of Polishness include extraction, origin.

Polishness (noun)	descent (noun)
The quality or state of being Polish.	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
	properties attributable to your ancestry
	a movement downward
	the hereditary derivation of an individual
	a downward slope or bend
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors