foremother vs ascendant

foremother and ascendant both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foremother	Yes	No	No	No
ascendant	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, ascendant is a hypernym of foremother; that is, ascendant is a word with a broader meaning than foremother:

foremother: a female ancestor
ascendant: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Other hypernyms of foremother include ancestor, antecedent, ascendent, root.

foremother (noun)	ascendant (noun)
a female ancestor	someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
	position or state of being dominant or in control

foremother (adjective)	ascendant (adjective)
	tending or directed upward
	most powerful or important or influential