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Ancestral vs Atavic - What's the difference?

ancestral | atavic |

As adjectives the difference between ancestral and atavic

is that ancestral is of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate while atavic is ancestral, atavistic.

ancestral

English

Alternative forms

* ancestrall (obsolete) * auncestral (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

    • Anagrams

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    atavic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • ancestral, atavistic