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Hereditable vs Hereditability - What's the difference?

hereditable | hereditability |

As an adjective hereditable

is capable of being passed on to children.

As a noun hereditability is

the quality of being hereditable.

hereditable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Capable of being passed on to children.
  • * 1913 , Penal Laws'', article in ''Catholic Encyclopedia ,
    • Any Protestant who became a Catholic forfeited his whole hereditable estate to the nearest Protestant heir.

    hereditability

    English

    Noun

  • The quality of being hereditable.
  • * Sir Egerton Brydges
    • an odd argument against a seat in the House, of which the essence was hereditability .