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ancestry vs bloodline

bloodline vs ancestry

ancestry and bloodline both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ancestry Yes No No No
bloodline Yes No No No
As nouns, bloodline is a hyponym of ancestry; that is, bloodline is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ancestry:
  • ancestry: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  • bloodline: ancestry of a purebred animal
Other hyponyms of ancestry include descent, extraction, origin, pedigree.
As nouns, ancestry and bloodline are synonyms defined as:
  • ancestry and bloodline: the hereditary derivation of an individual
Other synonyms of ancestry include blood, blood line, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.
ancestry (noun) bloodline (noun)
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline ancestry of a purebred animal
the hereditary derivation of an individual the hereditary derivation of an individual
Difference between ancestry and bloodline

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