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Inheritance vs Patrilineal - What's the difference?

inheritance | patrilineal |

As a noun inheritance

is the passing of title to an estate upon death.

As an adjective patrilineal is

pertaining to descent through male lines.

inheritance

English

(wikipedia inheritance)

Alternative forms

* enheritance (obsolete) * enheritaunce (obsolete) * inheritaunce (obsolete)

Noun

  • The passing of title to an estate upon death.
  • (lb) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
  • (lb) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
  • In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

    • Related terms

    * inherit * inheritable * inheritor * preheritance

    References

    * (EtymOnLine)

    patrilineal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Pertaining to descent through male lines.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 4:
    • The Xhosa are a proud and patrilineal people with an expressive and euphonious language and an abiding belief in the importance of laws, education and courtesy.

    Derived terms

    * patrilineally * patrilineal cousin

    Antonyms

    * matrilineal

    Related terms

    * patrilateral