Lineage vs. Clan — What's the Difference?

Direct descent from a particular ancestor; ancestry.

A clan is a group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent. Even if lineage details are unknown, clan members may be organized around a founding member or apical ancestor.

Derivation.

A close-knit group of interrelated families, especially in the Scottish Highlands

The descendants of a common ancestor considered to be the founder of the line.

A traditional social unit in the Scottish Highlands, consisting of a number of families claiming a common ancestor and following the same hereditary chieftain.

Variant of linage.

A division of a tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor.

The number of lines of printed or written material.

A large group of relatives, friends, or associates.

Payment for written work at a specified amount per line.

(anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain

(advertising) A number of lines of text in a column.

Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.

A fee or rate paid per line of text.

(video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.

Descent in a line from a common progenitor; progeny; race; descending line of offspring or ascending line of parentage.

A badger colony.

The descendants of one individual;

A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald.

The kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; - sometimes used contemptuously.

The number of lines in a piece of printed material

Group of people related by blood or marriage

A rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted

Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline