descent vs change of location

descent and change of location both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
descent	Yes	No	No	No
change of location	Yes	No	No	No

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

descent: a movement downward
change of location: a movement through space that changes the location of something

Other hypernyms of descent include travel.

descent (noun)	change of location (noun)
the act of changing your location in a downward direction	a movement through space that changes the location of something
properties attributable to your ancestry
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