Biological vs Inherited - What's the difference?
biological | inherited |
Of or relating to biology.
*{{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
, author=John T. Jost
, title=Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?
, volume=100, issue=2, page=162
, magazine=(American Scientist)
Related by consanguinity, especially as to parents and children.
(inherit)
Obtained via an inheritance
Diseases and disorders which are hereditary.
As adjectives the difference between biological and inherited
is that biological is of or relating to biology while inherited is obtained via an inheritance.As a verb inherited is
past tense of inherit.biological
English
Adjective
(-)citation, passage=He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.}}