descent vs origin

origin vs descent

descent and origin both are nouns.

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

As nouns, descent and origin are synonyms defined as:

descent and origin: properties attributable to your ancestry

Other synonyms of descent include extraction.

As nouns, descent and origin are synonyms defined as:

descent and origin: the hereditary derivation of an individual

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

descent (noun)	origin (noun)
the act of changing your location in a downward direction	properties attributable to your ancestry
properties attributable to your ancestry	the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero
a movement downward	an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events
the hereditary derivation of an individual	the hereditary derivation of an individual
a downward slope or bend	the place where something begins, where it springs into being
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors	the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived

Difference between descent and origin

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