cascade vs descent

descent vs cascade

cascade and descent both are nouns.

cascade is a verb but descent is not a verb.

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

As nouns, descent is a hypernym of cascade; that is, descent is a word with a broader meaning than cascade:

cascade: a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower
descent: a movement downward

cascade (noun)	descent (noun)
a sudden downpour (as of tears or sparks etc) likened to a rain shower	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
a succession of stages or operations or processes or units	properties attributable to your ancestry
a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls	a movement downward
	the hereditary derivation of an individual
	a downward slope or bend
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

cascade (verb)	descent (verb)
arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible
rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

Difference between cascade and descent

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