Is there any difference between heredity and inheritance?

Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring (from its parent or ancestors). This is the process by which an offspringcell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism. Through heredity, variations exhibited by individuals can accumulate and cause some species to evolve. The study of heredity in biology is called genetics, which includes the field of epigenetics

 

Inheritance is the practice of passing on propertytitlesdebtsrights andobligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time.

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heredity is inheritence or transfer of characteristic features frm parents to offsprings through teir genes whereas inheritance means to transfer the features.they are similar but not same as heredity is a term given to inheritance.

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there is very minute distance..... in simplest words you can understand that Heredity is a noun and inherits is a verb. One inherits heredity. .....
 
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you might have heard " Heredity is the basis of inheritance"
actually, heredity is the passing of traits to the offsprings and inheritance is the possession of those passed on traits.
when we say like i have inherited this trait from my parents it simply means you are talking about something that you actually possess.
 
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Heredity is the transmission of characters from generation to generations.
Whereas, Inheritance is the transmission of characters from one generation to the next generation.
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Heriditary is transmission of characters from generation to generation

Whereas as Inheritance is transmission of characters from one generation to next generation

Example for heriditary is one person is having talent of singing then if his two or more generation has the talent of singing then it is because of hereditary and only the next generation has the talent of singing then it is because of inheritance

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