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Heredity vs Genealogy - What's the difference?

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Heredity is a related term of genealogy.


As nouns the difference between heredity and genealogy

is that heredity is hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants while genealogy is (countable) the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.

heredity

English

Noun

(heredities)
  • Hereditary transmission of the physical and genetic qualities of parents to their offspring; the biological law by which living beings tend to repeat their characteristics in their descendants.

    • Related terms

    * hereditary

    See also

    * pangenesis

    Anagrams

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    genealogy

    English

    (wikipedia genealogy) (wikiversity genealogy lecture)

    Alternative forms

    * geneology (common misspelling)

    Noun

  • (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
  • (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
  • (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

    • Synonyms

    * pedigree

    Related terms

    * genealogical * genealogically * genealogist

    See also

    * family history