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kinsfolk vs ancestry

ancestry vs kinsfolk

kinsfolk and ancestry both are nouns.

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

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