inheritance vs bequest

inheritance and bequest both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
inheritance	Yes	No	No	No
bequest	Yes	No	No	No

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

inheritance: that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
bequest: (law) a gift of personal property by will

Other hyponyms of inheritance include primogeniture, borough English, accretion, legacy, birthright, patrimony, devise, heirloom.

inheritance (noun)	bequest (noun)
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property	(law) a gift of personal property by will
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