Hereditary vs Hierarchical - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between hereditary and hierarchical

is that hereditary is which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate while hierarchical is pertaining to a hierarchy.

is a hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.

(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.

* hereditariness * hereditarily * hereditary disease * hereditary peer

(hereditaries)

A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.

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Pertaining to a hierarchy.

Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastic or priestly order.

Classified or arranged according to various criteria into successive ranks or grades.

It has been said that only a hierarchical society with a leisure class at the top can produce works of art.'' - ''source?