relationship vs descent

descent vs relationship

relationship and descent both are nouns.

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

As nouns, descent is a hyponym of relationship; that is, descent is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than relationship:

relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
descent: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Other hyponyms of relationship include affinity, phylogenetic relation, filiation, line of descent, lineage, affinity, blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity, birth, parentage, fatherhood, paternity, maternity, motherhood, sisterhood, sistership, brotherhood, marital bed, marital relationship.

relationship (noun)	descent (noun)
a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)	the act of changing your location in a downward direction
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	properties attributable to your ancestry
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)	a movement downward
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries	the hereditary derivation of an individual
	a downward slope or bend
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Difference between relationship and descent

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