Heritage vs. Hereditary
Heritagenoun
An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
Heritagenoun
A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
Heritagenoun
A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
Heritagenoun
(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
Heritageadjective
That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir; inheritance.
Heritageadjective
A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge.
Heritagenoun
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;
Heritagenoun
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors;
Heritagenoun
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
Heritagenoun
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Heritagenoun
property that is or may be inherited; an inheritance
Heritagenoun
valued objects and qualities such as historic buildings and cultural traditions that have been passed down from previous generations
Heritagenoun
denoting or relating to things of special architectural, historical, or natural value that are preserved for the nation
Heritagenoun
denoting a traditional brand or product regarded as emblematic of fine craftsmanship
Heritagenoun
denoting a breed of livestock or poultry that was once traditional to an area but is no longer farmed in large numbers
Heritagenoun
(of a plant variety) not hybridized with another; old-fashioned
Heritagenoun
a special or individual possession; an allotted portion
Heritagenoun
Christians, or the ancient Israelites, seen as God's chosen people.
Hereditaryadjective
Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
Hereditaryadjective
Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
Hereditaryadjective
Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
Hereditaryadjective
Of a disease or trait: passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
Hereditaryadjective
(math) Of a ring: such that all submodules of projective modules over the ring are also projective.
Hereditarynoun
A hereditary ruler; a hereditary peer in the House of Lords.
Hereditaryadjective
Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown.
Hereditaryadjective
Transmitted, or capable of being transmitted, as a constitutional quality or condition from a parent to a child; as, hereditary pride, bravery, disease.
Hereditaryadjective
tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity;
Hereditaryadjective
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent;
Hereditaryadjective
(of a title, office, or right) conferred by or based on inheritance
Hereditaryadjective
(of a person) holding a position by inheritance
Hereditaryadjective
(of a characteristic or disease) determined by genetic factors and therefore able to be passed on from parents to their offspring or descendants
Hereditaryadjective
relating to inheritance
Hereditaryadjective
(of a set) defined such that every element which has a given relation to a member of the set is also a member of the set.
