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family line vs ancestry

ancestry vs family line

family line and ancestry both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
family line Yes No No No
ancestry Yes No No No
As nouns, ancestry is a hypernym of family line; that is, ancestry is a word with a broader meaning than family line:
  • family line: people descended from a common ancestor
  • ancestry: the hereditary derivation of an individual
Other hypernyms of family line include blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.
family line (noun) ancestry (noun)
people descended from a common ancestor inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
the hereditary derivation of an individual
Difference between family line and ancestry

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