Lineal vs Lineage - What's the difference?
lineal | lineage | Related terms |
(family) Of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, and sons, etc. as opposed to collateral.
* John Locke
Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to ).
* Dryden
Composed of lines; delineated.
In the direction of a line; of a line; of or relating to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear.
Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.
* {{quote-news
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, date=July 19
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, title=Sticks insects survive one million years without sex
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(advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.
* 1927 , William Leonard Crum, Advertising Fluctuations, Seasonal and Cyclical
Lineage is a related term of lineal.
As an adjective lineal
is of a family relationship that includes mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, and sons, etc. as opposed to collateral.As a noun lineage is
descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.lineal
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Adjective
(head)- the prime and ancient right of lineal succession
- for only you are lineal to the throne
- lineal designs
- lineal magnitude
Antonyms
* collateralDerived terms
* matrilineal * patrilinealExternal links
* * ----lineage
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Alternative forms
* linageNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=They traced the ancient lineages of two species to reveal the insects' lengthy history of asexual reproduction. }}
- Total newspaper advertising lineage in the North Atlantic region