origin vs descent

descent vs origin

origin and descent both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
origin	Yes	No	No	No
descent	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, origin and descent are synonyms defined as:

origin and descent: properties attributable to your ancestry

Other synonyms of origin include extraction.

As nouns, origin and descent are synonyms defined as:

origin and descent: the hereditary derivation of an individual

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

origin (noun)	descent (noun)
properties attributable to your ancestry	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero	properties attributable to your ancestry
an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events	a movement downward
the hereditary derivation of an individual	the hereditary derivation of an individual
the place where something begins, where it springs into being	a downward slope or bend
the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Difference between origin and descent

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