Heritage vs. Legacy
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Left over from the past; no longer current.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 freedomLegacynoun
(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 knowledgeHeritagenoun
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
