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lineage vs bloodline

bloodline vs lineage

lineage and bloodline both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lineage Yes No No No
bloodline Yes No No No
As nouns, bloodline is a hyponym of lineage; that is, bloodline is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lineage:
  • lineage: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
  • bloodline: ancestry of a purebred animal
Other hyponyms of lineage include descent, extraction, origin, pedigree.
As nouns, lineage and bloodline are synonyms defined as:
  • lineage and bloodline: the hereditary derivation of an individual
Other synonyms of lineage include ancestry, blood, blood line, descent, line, line of descent, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.
lineage (noun) bloodline (noun)
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline ancestry of a purebred animal
the hereditary derivation of an individual the hereditary derivation of an individual
a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
the number of lines in a piece of printed material
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Difference between lineage and bloodline

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