Hereditary vs Ancestral - What's the difference?
hereditary | ancestral | Synonyms |
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.
(of a person) holding a legally hereditary title or rank
(of a disease or trait) passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
As adjectives the difference between hereditary and ancestral
is that hereditary is which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate while ancestral is of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.As a noun hereditary
is a hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.hereditary
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
- hereditary rulers
- ''Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.