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lineage vs kinsfolk

kinsfolk vs lineage

lineage and kinsfolk both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lineage Yes No No No
kinsfolk Yes No No No
As nouns, kinsfolk is a hyponym of lineage; that is, kinsfolk is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lineage:
  • lineage: the hereditary derivation of an individual
  • kinsfolk: people descended from a common ancestor
Other hyponyms of lineage include family, family line, folk, kinfolk, phratry, sept, side, breed line.
lineage (noun) kinsfolk (noun)
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline people descended from a common ancestor
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 kinsfolk

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