Heritage vs. Legacy

Heritage vs. Legacy — Is There a Difference?

Difference Between Heritage and Legacy

Heritagenoun

Property that is or can be inherited; an inheritance.

Legacynoun

Money or property given to another by will.

Heritagenoun

Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.

Legacynoun

Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past

a legacy of religious freedom.

Heritagenoun

The status acquired by a person through birth; a birthright

a heritage of affluence and social position.

Legacynoun

An individual who is either an applicant to an educational institution or a matriculated student and is the child of an alumna or alumnus.

Heritagenoun

A domesticated animal or a crop of a traditional breed, usually not widely produced for commercial purposes.

Legacyadjective

Retained under an obsolescent or discarded system, chiefly for purposes of reference

legacy files in the old email system.

Heritagenoun

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

Legacynoun

(legal) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

Heritagenoun

A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.

Legacynoun

Something inherited from a predecessor or the past; a heritage.

John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.

Heritagenoun

A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.

Legacynoun

(university and society admissions) The descendant of an alumnus.

Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her.

Heritagenoun

(attributive) Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.

The university requires heritage Spanish students to enroll in a specially designed Spanish program not available to non-heritage students.

Legacyadjective

Left over from the past; no longer current.

Heritagenoun

practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;

a heritage of freedom

Legacynoun

(law) a gift of personal property by will

Heritagenoun

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors;

my only inheritance was my mother's blessingthe world's heritage of knowledge

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