lineage vs line of descent

lineage and line of descent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lineage	Yes	No	No	No
line of descent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lineage and line of descent are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of lineage include ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock.

As nouns, lineage and line of descent are synonyms defined as:

lineage and line of descent: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Other synonyms of lineage include descent, filiation.

lineage (noun)	line of descent (noun)
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline	the hereditary derivation of an individual
the hereditary derivation of an individual	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
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