relationship vs line of descent

line of descent vs relationship

relationship and line of descent both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

relationship (noun)	line of 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 hereditary derivation of an individual
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Difference between relationship and line of descent

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