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parentage vs family line

family line vs parentage

parentage and family line both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
parentage Yes No No No
family line Yes No No No
As nouns, family line is a hyponym of parentage; that is, family line is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than parentage:
  • parentage: the hereditary derivation of an individual
  • family line: people descended from a common ancestor
Other hyponyms of parentage include family, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side, breed line.
parentage (noun) family line (noun)
the hereditary derivation of an individual people descended from a common ancestor
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
the state of being a parent
Difference between parentage and family line

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