Hereditary vs Heretic - What's the difference?
hereditary | heretic |
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.
Someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.
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As adjectives the difference between hereditary and heretic
is that hereditary is which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate while heretic is heretical; of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.As nouns the difference between hereditary and heretic
is that hereditary is a hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords while heretic is someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.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.
Derived terms
* hereditariness * hereditarily * hereditary disease * hereditary peerNoun
(hereditaries)See also
* congenitalheretic
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Alternative forms
* (archaic), (obsolete), heretick (obsolete), (l) (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- In the framework of traditional medical ethics, the patient
deserves humane attention only insofar as he is potentially
healthy and is willing to be healthy—just as in the framework
of traditional Christian ethics, the heretic deserved humane
attention only insofar as he was potentially a true believer and
was willing to become one. In the one case, people are
accepted as human beings only because they might be healthy
citizens; in the other, only because they might be faithful
Christians. In short, neither was heresy formerly, nor is sick-
ness now, given the kind of humane recognition which, from
the point of view of an ethic of respect and tolerance, they
deserve.
