Descendible vs. Descent — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Descendible and Descent
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Definitions
Descendible➦
To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down.
Descent➦
An act of moving downwards, dropping, or falling
The plane had gone into a steep descent
Descendible➦
To slope, extend, or incline downward
"A rough path descended like a steep stair into the plain" (J.R.R. Tolkien).
Descent➦
The origin or background of a person in terms of family or nationality
The settlers were of Cornish descent
Descendible➦
To be related by genetic descent from an individual or individuals in a previous generation
He descends from Norwegian immigrants.
Descent➦
A sudden violent attack
A descent on the Channel ports
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Descendible➦
To come down from a source; derive
A tradition descending from colonial days.
Descent➦
The act or an instance of descending
The slow descent of the scuba divers.
Descendible➦
To pass by inheritance
The house has descended through four generations.
Descent➦
A way down
Fashioned a descent with an ice axe.
Descendible➦
To lower oneself; stoop
"She, the conqueror, had descended to the level of the conquered" (James Bryce).
Descent➦
A downward incline or passage; a slope
Watched the stones roll down the descent.
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Descendible➦
To proceed or progress downward, as in rank, pitch, or scale
Titles listed in descending order of importance.
Notes that descended to the lower register.
Descent➦
Hereditary derivation; lineage
A person of African descent.
Descendible➦
To arrive or attack in a sudden or overwhelming manner
Summer tourists descending on the seashore village.
Descent➦
The fact or process of being derived or developing from a source
A paper tracing the descent of the novel from old picaresque tales.
Descendible➦
To move from a higher to lower part of; go down
I descended the staircase into the basement.
Descent➦
(Law) Transmission of property, especially real estate, to a hereditary heir by an intestate owner.
Descendible➦
To extend or proceed downward along
A road that descended the mountain in sharp curves.
Descent➦
A lowering or decline, as in status or level
Her career went into a rapid descent after the charges of misconduct.
Descendible➦
(law) Of property: able to pass by descent; inheritable by heirs.
Descent➦
A sudden visit or attack; an onslaught
The descent of the marauders on the settlement.
Descendible➦
Able to be physically descended.
Descent➦
An instance of descending; act of coming down.
We climbed the mountain with difficulty, but the descent was easier.
Descendible➦
Admitting descent; capable of being descended.
Descent➦
A way down.
We had difficulty in finding the correct descent.
Descendible➦
That may descend from an ancestor to an heir.
Descent➦
A sloping passage or incline.
The descent into the cavern was wet and slippery.
Descent➦
Lineage or hereditary derivation.
Our guide was of Welsh descent.
Descent➦
A drop to a lower status or condition; decline. en
After that, the holiday went into a steep descent.
Descent➦
A falling upon or invasion.
Descent➦
(topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).
Descent➦
The act of descending, or passing downward; change of place from higher to lower.
Descent➦
Incursion; sudden attack; especially, hostile invasion from sea; - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy.
The United Provinces . . . ordered public prayer to God, when they feared that the French and English fleets would make a descent upon their coasts.
Descent➦
Derivation, as from an ancestor; procedure by generation; lineage; birth; extraction.
Descent➦
Progress downward, as in station, virtue, as in station, virtue, and the like, from a higher to a lower state, from a higher to a lower state, from the more to the less important, from the better to the worse, etc.
Descent➦
Transmission of an estate by inheritance, usually, but not necessarily, in the descending line; title to inherit an estate by reason of consanguinity.
Descent➦
Inclination downward; a descending way; inclined or sloping surface; declivity; slope; as, a steep descent.
Descent➦
That which is descended; descendants; issue.
If care of our descent perplex us most,Which must be born to certain woe.
Descent➦
A step or remove downward in any scale of gradation; a degree in the scale of genealogy; a generation.
No man living is a thousand descents removed from Adam himself.
Descent➦
Lowest place; extreme downward place.
And from the extremest upward of thy head,To the descent and dust below thy foot.
Descent➦
A movement downward
Descent➦
Properties attributable to your ancestry;
He comes from good origins
Descent➦
The act of changing your location in a downward direction
Descent➦
The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Descent➦
A downward slope or bend
Descent➦
The descendants of one individual;
His entire lineage has been warriors
