holding vs heirloom

heirloom vs holding

holding and heirloom both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
holding	Yes	No	No	No
heirloom	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, heirloom is a hyponym of holding; that is, heirloom is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than holding:

holding: something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone
heirloom: (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

Other hyponyms of holding include material possession, tangible possession, worldly belongings, worldly goods, worldly possessions, ratables, rateables, hereditament, intellectual property, community property, personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property, things, immovable, real estate, real property, realty, commonage, landholding, salvage, shareholding, church property, spirituality, spiritualty, lease, letting, rental, trade-in, public property, wealth, estate, stockholding, stockholdings, trust.

holding (noun)	heirloom (noun)
the act of retaining something	something that has been in a family for generations
something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone	(law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance

Difference between holding and heirloom

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