blood vs descent

descent vs blood

blood and descent both are nouns.

blood is a verb but descent is not a verb.

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

As nouns, blood and descent are synonyms defined as:

blood and descent: the hereditary derivation of an individual

Other synonyms of blood include ancestry, blood line, bloodline, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.

blood (noun)	descent (noun)
temperament or disposition	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets	properties attributable to your ancestry
the hereditary derivation of an individual	a movement downward
people viewed as members of a group	the hereditary derivation of an individual
a dissolute man in fashionable society	a downward slope or bend
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

blood (verb)	descent (verb)
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill

Difference between blood and descent

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