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Bloodline vs Inheritance - What's the difference?

bloodline | inheritance |

As nouns the difference between bloodline and inheritance

is that bloodline is the abstract link between a person and their ancestors while inheritance is the passing of title to an estate upon death.

bloodline

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The abstract link between a person and their ancestors.
  • The pedigree of an animal.
  • By extension, the predecessors of a particular item or product.
  • * 2002 , Tampa Bay Magazine - Sep-Oct 2002 , Vol. 17, No. 5, p. 63:
    • No other Sport Utility Vehicle has a bloodline like the Cayenne.

    inheritance

    English

    (wikipedia inheritance)

    Alternative forms

    * enheritance (obsolete) * enheritaunce (obsolete) * inheritaunce (obsolete)

    Noun

  • The passing of title to an estate upon death.
  • (lb) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
  • (lb) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
  • In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

    • Related terms

    * inherit * inheritable * inheritor * preheritance

    References

    * (EtymOnLine)