Inbred vs Hereditary - What's the difference?
inbred | hereditary | Related terms |
bred within; innate; as, inbred worth.
(often pejorative) having an ancestry characterized by inbreeding
(genetics) describing a strain produced through successive generations of inbreeding resulting in a population of genetically identical individuals which are homozygous at all genetic loci.
(inbreed)
(vulgar) An inbred individual
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.
Inbred is a related term of hereditary.
As adjectives the difference between inbred and hereditary
is that inbred is bred within; innate; as, inbred worth while hereditary is which is passed on as inheritance, by last will or intestate.As nouns the difference between inbred and hereditary
is that inbred is (vulgar) an inbred individual while hereditary is a hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the house of lords.As a verb inbred
is (inbreed).inbred
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Adjective
(en adjective)Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- Since you all marry your cousins I bet you're a bunch of inbreds .
Anagrams
* * * *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.
