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Inherited vs Inbred - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between inherited and inbred

is that inherited is past tense of inherit while inbred is past tense of inbreed.

As adjectives the difference between inherited and inbred

is that inherited is obtained via an inheritance while inbred is bred within; innate; as, inbred worth.

As a noun inbred is

an inbred individual.

inherited

English

Verb

(head)
  • (inherit)

    • Adjective

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

    • 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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