Inheritance vs Patrilineal - What's the difference?
inheritance | patrilineal |
The passing of title to an estate upon death.
(lb) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
(lb) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
Pertaining to descent through male lines.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 4:
As a noun inheritance
is the passing of title to an estate upon death.As an adjective patrilineal is
pertaining to descent through male lines.inheritance
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(wikipedia inheritance)Alternative forms
* enheritance (obsolete) * enheritaunce (obsolete) * inheritaunce (obsolete)Noun
References
* (EtymOnLine)patrilineal
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Adjective
(-)- The Xhosa are a proud and patrilineal people with an expressive and euphonious language and an abiding belief in the importance of laws, education and courtesy.