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ancestor vs descendant

ancestor

Definitions

noun

  1. someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Examples

Their ancestors might have looked a little like colugos.

Ray was knocking them down one by one, unlike his tragic ancestor who only knocked himself down.

An Iron Ancestor is a reanimated and iron - forged dead body possessed by a ghost.

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descendant

Definitions

adjective

  1. going or coming down
  2. proceeding by descent from an ancestor

noun

  1. a person considered as descended from some ancestor

Examples

It is an Extended Family Tree - showing all the collateral branches of a family, i.e. all the descendants.

The ‘hammer’ and ‘anvil’ bones of the mammalian ear are descendants of these nubbins.

The sound is a direct descendant of old skool UK garage, the bumpy beats of yore with rubbery basslines and cutting edge sampling techniques, taking in everything from soul to electro to jazz to blue grass.

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