Heritage vs. Inherited

Heritage vs. Inherited — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Heritage and Inherited

Heritagenoun

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

Inheritedverb

simple past tense and past participle of inherit

Heritagenoun

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

Inheritedadjective

Obtained via an inheritance

inherited money

Heritagenoun

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

Inheritedadjective

hereditary.

an inherited disease
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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.

Inheritedadjective

tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity;

an inherited diseasefamilial traitsgenetically transmitted features

Heritagenoun

practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;

a heritage of freedom

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

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