Heritage vs Ancestry - What's the difference?
heritage | ancestry |
An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
A tradition; something that can be passed down from preceding generations.
A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
As nouns the difference between heritage and ancestry
is that heritage is an inheritance; property that may be inherited while ancestry is condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.heritage
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* (archaic)Noun
(en-noun)- The university requires heritage''' Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-'''heritage students.
ancestry
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* ancestrie (obsolete) * auncestrie (obsolete) * auncestry (obsolete)Noun
(ancestries)- Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.
