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Inherited vs Hereditament - What's the difference?

inherited | hereditament |

As a verb inherited

is (inherit).

As an adjective inherited

is obtained via an inheritance.

As a noun hereditament is

(legal) property which can be inherited.

inherited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (inherit)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Obtained via an inheritance
  • Diseases and disorders which are hereditary.

    • hereditament

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (legal) Property which can be inherited.
  • *1749 , Henry Fielding, Tom Jones , Folio Society 1979, p. 25:
  • *:the captain [...] had been greatly enamoured; that is to say, of Mr Allworthy's house and gardens, and of his lands, tenements, and hereditaments [...].
  • Inheritance.