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Lineage vs Lifeline - What's the difference?

lineage | lifeline |

As nouns the difference between lineage and lifeline

is that lineage is descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage while lifeline is a line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling to.

lineage

English

Alternative forms

* linage

Noun

(en noun)
  • Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=July 19 , author=Ella Davies , title=Sticks insects survive one million years without sex , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction. }}
  • (advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.
  • * 1927 , William Leonard Crum, Advertising Fluctuations, Seasonal and Cyclical
    • Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region

    Related terms

    * line * lineal * linear

    See also

    * genealogy

    References

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    lifeline

    English

    (wikipedia lifeline)

    Alternative forms

    * life-line * life line

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A line to which a drowning or falling victim may cling to.
  • A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.
  • A source of salvation in a crisis.
  • (engineering) System or structure of vital importance to a community.
  • (nautical) On the deck of a boat, a line to which one can attach oneself to stay aboard on rough seas