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Genes vs Hereditary - What's the difference?

genes | hereditary |

As nouns the difference between genes and hereditary

is that genes is while hereditary is a hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the house of lords.

As an adjective hereditary is

which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate.

genes

English

Noun

(head)
  • ----

    hereditary

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate
  • (of a title, honor or right) legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
  • Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
  • (of a person) holding a legally hereditary title or rank
  • hereditary rulers
  • (of a disease or trait) passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
  • ''Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.

    Derived terms

    * hereditariness * hereditarily * hereditary disease * hereditary peer

    Noun

    (hereditaries)
  • A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
  • See also

    * congenital