inheritance vs derivation

derivation vs inheritance

inheritance and derivation both are nouns.

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

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

inheritance: (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
derivation: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

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

inheritance (noun)	derivation (noun)
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property	the act of deriving something or obtaining something from a source or origin
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors	drawing off water from its main channel as for irrigation
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents	drawing of fluid or inflammation away from a diseased part of the body
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner	inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
	a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions
	(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase
	the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)
	(descriptive linguistics) the process whereby new words are formed from existing words or bases by affixation

Difference between inheritance and derivation

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