blood vs line of descent

line of descent vs blood

blood and line of descent both are nouns.

blood is a verb but line of descent is not a verb.

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

As nouns, blood and line of descent are synonyms defined as:

blood and line of descent: the hereditary derivation of an individual

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

blood (noun)	line of descent (noun)
temperament or disposition	the hereditary derivation of an individual
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
the hereditary derivation of an individual
people viewed as members of a group
a dissolute man in fashionable society

blood (verb)	line of 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 line of descent

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