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Inheritable vs Inbred - What's the difference?

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Inheritable is a related term of inbred.


As adjectives the difference between inheritable and inbred

is that inheritable is that can be inherited while inbred is bred within; innate; as, inbred worth.

As a verb inbred is

(inbreed).

As a noun inbred is

(vulgar) an inbred individual.

inheritable

English

Adjective

(head)
  • That can be inherited.
    • an inheritable estate or title
    an inheritable disease
  • Capable of taking by inheritance, or of receiving by descent; capable of succeeding to, as an heir.
  • * Blackstone
    • By attainder the blood of the person attainted is so corrupted as to be rendered no longer inheritable .
  • * Blackstone
    • The eldest daughter of the king is also alone inheritable to the crown on failure of issue male.

    inbred

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (inbreed)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (vulgar) An inbred individual
    • Since you all marry your cousins I bet you're a bunch of inbreds .

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