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kinfolk vs ancestry

ancestry vs kinfolk

kinfolk and ancestry both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kinfolk Yes No No No
ancestry Yes No No No
As nouns, ancestry is a hypernym of kinfolk; that is, ancestry is a word with a broader meaning than kinfolk:
  • kinfolk: people descended from a common ancestor
  • ancestry: the hereditary derivation of an individual
Other hypernyms of kinfolk include blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.
kinfolk (noun) ancestry (noun)
people descended from a common ancestor inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
the hereditary derivation of an individual
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