Inherited vs Inherit - What's the difference?
inherited | inherit | Derived terms |
(inherit)
Obtained via an inheritance
Diseases and disorders which are hereditary.
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.
Inherited is a derived term of inherit.
As verbs the difference between inherited and inherit
is that inherited is (inherit) while inherit is (transitive) to take possession of as a right (especially in biblical translations) .As a adjective inherited
is obtained via an inheritance.inherited
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(head)Adjective
(-)inherit
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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.
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