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family line vs lineage

lineage vs family line

family line and lineage both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
family line Yes No No No
lineage Yes No No No
As nouns, lineage is a hypernym of family line; that is, lineage is a word with a broader meaning than family line:
  • family line: people descended from a common ancestor
  • lineage: the hereditary derivation of an individual
Other hypernyms of family line include ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.
family line (noun) lineage (noun)
people descended from a common ancestor inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
the hereditary derivation of an individual
a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
the number of lines in a piece of printed material
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Difference between family line and lineage

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