inheritance vs X-linked dominant inheritance

X-linked dominant inheritance vs inheritance

inheritance and X-linked dominant inheritance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inheritance	Yes	No	No	No
X-linked dominant inheritance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, X-linked dominant inheritance is a hyponym of inheritance; that is, X-linked dominant inheritance is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than inheritance:

inheritance: (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
X-linked dominant inheritance: hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring

Other hyponyms of inheritance include ancestry, derivation, filiation, lineage, gene linkage, linkage, X-linked recessive inheritance.

inheritance (noun)	X-linked dominant inheritance (noun)
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property	hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Difference between inheritance and X-linked dominant inheritance

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