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line of descent vs phratry

phratry vs line of descent

line of descent and phratry both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
line of descent Yes No No No
phratry Yes No No No
As nouns, phratry is a hyponym of line of descent; that is, phratry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than line of descent:
  • line of descent: the hereditary derivation of an individual
  • phratry: people descended from a common ancestor
Other hyponyms of line of descent include family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, side, breed line.
line of descent (noun) phratry (noun)
the hereditary derivation of an individual people descended from a common ancestor
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Difference between line of descent and phratry

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