descent vs family

family vs descent

descent and family both are nouns.

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

As nouns, family is a hyponym of descent; that is, family is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than descent:

descent: the hereditary derivation of an individual
family: people descended from a common ancestor

Other hyponyms of descent include family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side, breed line.

descent (noun)	family (noun)
the act of changing your location in a downward direction	primary social group; parents and children
properties attributable to your ancestry	people descended from a common ancestor
a movement downward	a social unit living together
the hereditary derivation of an individual	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
a downward slope or bend	a collection of things sharing a common attribute
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors	an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
	a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
	a person having kinship with another or others

Difference between descent and family

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