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family tree vs ancestry

ancestry vs family tree

family tree and ancestry both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
family tree Yes No No No
ancestry Yes No No No
As nouns, ancestry is a hyponym of family tree; that is, ancestry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than family tree:
  • family tree: successive generations of kin
  • ancestry: the hereditary derivation of an individual
Other hyponyms of family tree include blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.
family tree (noun) ancestry (noun)
successive generations of kin inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
the hereditary derivation of an individual
Difference between family tree and ancestry

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