inheritance vs lineage

lineage vs inheritance

inheritance and lineage both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

inheritance (noun)	lineage (noun)
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property	inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors	the hereditary derivation of an individual
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents	a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner	the number of lines in a piece of printed material
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Difference between inheritance and lineage

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