Inherit vs Innovate - What's the difference?
inherit | innovate |
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.
(obsolete) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
* , New York 2001, p.80:
* South
To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
To introduce (something) as new.
In lang=en terms the difference between inherit and innovate
is that inherit is to come into an inheritance while innovate is to introduce (something) as new.As verbs the difference between inherit and innovate
is that inherit is to take possession of as a right (especially in biblical translations) while innovate is (obsolete|transitive) to alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.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 * inheritorinnovate
English
Verb
(en-verb)- But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […].
- From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship.
- to innovate a word or an act