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Hereditary vs Tradition - What's the difference?

hereditary | tradition |

As nouns the difference between hereditary and tradition

is that hereditary is a hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords while tradition is a part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.

As an adjective hereditary

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

As a verb tradition is

to transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.

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

    Related terms

    * heredity * heritage * inherit, inheritance * heir, heiress

    Noun

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

    • See also

    * congenital

    tradition

    English

    (wikipedia tradition)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays.
  • *
  • * {{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
    • , title=Well Tackled! , chapter=2 citation , passage=Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.}}
  • *
  • A commonly held system. (rfex)
  • The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery.
  • * Blackstone
    • A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery.

    Derived terms

    * traditional * traditionally * traditionalism

    Synonyms

    * (a commonly held system) doctrine

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down.
  • * Fuller
    • The following story is traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.

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