kinfolk vs descent

kinfolk and descent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
kinfolk	Yes	No	No	No
descent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, descent is a hypernym of kinfolk; that is, descent is a word with a broader meaning than kinfolk:

kinfolk (noun)	descent (noun)
people descended from a common ancestor	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
	properties attributable to your ancestry
	a movement downward
	the hereditary derivation of an individual
	a downward slope or bend
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors