Inheritance vs. Heritage

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

Inheritancenoun

The passing of title to an estate upon death.

Heritagenoun

An inheritance; property that may be inherited.

Inheritancenoun

(countable) That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.

Heritagenoun

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

Inheritancenoun

(biology) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.

Heritagenoun

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

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Inheritancenoun

In object-oriented programming, the mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

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.

Inheritancenoun

hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

Heritagenoun

practices that are handed down from the past by tradition;

a heritage of freedom

Inheritancenoun

that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Heritagenoun

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors;

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

(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

Heritagenoun

that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Inheritancenoun

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors;

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

Heritagenoun

hereditary succession to a title or an office or property