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bloodline vs folk

folk vs bloodline

bloodline and folk both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bloodline Yes No No No
folk Yes No No No
As nouns, folk is a hyponym of bloodline; that is, folk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bloodline:
  • bloodline: the hereditary derivation of an individual
  • folk: people descended from a common ancestor
Other hyponyms of bloodline include family, family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side, breed line.
bloodline (noun) folk (noun)
ancestry of a purebred animal the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community
the hereditary derivation of an individual people in general (often used in the plural)
a social division of (usually preliterate) people
people descended from a common ancestor
Difference between bloodline and folk

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