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genealogy vs ancestry

ancestry vs genealogy

genealogy and ancestry both are nouns.

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

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