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ancestry vs origin

origin vs ancestry

ancestry and origin both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
ancestry Yes No No No
origin Yes No No No
As nouns, origin is a hyponym of ancestry; that is, origin is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ancestry:
  • ancestry: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  • origin: properties attributable to your ancestry
Other hyponyms of ancestry include descent, extraction, bloodline, pedigree.
As nouns, ancestry and origin are synonyms defined as:
  • ancestry and origin: the hereditary derivation of an individual
Other synonyms of ancestry include blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.
ancestry (noun) origin (noun)
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline properties attributable to your ancestry
the hereditary derivation of an individual the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
the hereditary derivation of an individual
the place where something begins, where it springs into being
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived
Difference between ancestry and origin

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