Inherit vs Delight - What's the difference?
inherit | delight |
To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations) .
To receive (property or a title etc), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=5 (biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
To come into an inheritance.
(computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
(computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
* 2006 , Daniel Solis, Illustrated C# 2005
(obsolete) To put in possession of.
Joy; pleasure.
* Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
* Shakespeare
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
, title= Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
* Milton:
* (Greensleeves):
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
* Tennyson
(label) To have or take great pleasure
As verbs the difference between inherit and delight
is that inherit is to take possession of as a right (especially in biblical translations) while delight is to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.As a noun delight is
joy; pleasure.inherit
English
Verb
(en verb)citation, passage=‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited . Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’}}
- For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly.
- (Shakespeare)
Usage notes
* Do not confuse with inherent.Derived terms
* inheritable * inheritance * inherited * inheritordelight
English
Noun
(en noun)- A fool hath no delight in understanding.
- Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
- Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .
- Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,
Derived terms
* undelight * delightfulVerb
(en verb)- Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.