Descendant vs. Ancestor
Difference Between Descendant and Ancestor
Descendantnoun
One whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group
a descendant of Queen Victoria.descendants of a prize-winning horse.Ancestornoun
A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
Descendantnoun
Something derived from a prototype or earlier form
Today's bicycles are descendants of the earlier velocipede.Ancestornoun
A forerunner or predecessor.
Descendantnoun
In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that sets in the west at the time of a person's birth or other event.
Ancestornoun
(Law) The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
Descendantadjective
Variant of descendent.
Ancestornoun
(Biology) The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
Descendantadjective
descending from a biological ancestor.
Ancestornoun
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
Descendantadjective
proceeding from a figurative ancestor or source.
Ancestornoun
An earlier type; a progenitor
This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.Descendantnoun
(literally) One who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
The patriarch survived many descendants: five children, a dozen grandchildren, even a great grandchild.Ancestornoun
(legal) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
Descendantnoun
(figuratively) A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
This famous medieval manuscript has many descendants.Ancestornoun
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
Descendantnoun
(biology) A later evolutionary type.
Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.Ancestornoun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
Descendantnoun
(linguistics) A language that is descended from another.
English and Scots are the descendants of Old English.Descendantnoun
(linguistics) A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
Descendantnoun
a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race
Descendantadjective
going or coming down
