lineage vs inheritance

inheritance vs lineage

lineage and inheritance both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lineage	Yes	No	No	No
inheritance	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inheritance is a hypernym of lineage; that is, inheritance is a word with a broader meaning than lineage:

lineage: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
inheritance: (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

Other hypernyms of lineage include hereditary pattern.

lineage (noun)	inheritance (noun)
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline	hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
the hereditary derivation of an individual	any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted	(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
the number of lines in a piece of printed material	that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Difference between lineage and inheritance

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.