Inheritance and Means

Inheritance

Inheritance noun - Something that is or may be inherited.

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Means and inheritance are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Means" instead a noun "Inheritance".

Means noun - How a result is obtained or an end is achieved.

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Inheritance and means are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inheritance" instead a noun "Means".

Nearby Words: mean, meaning

human	human inheritance	human means
certain	certain inheritance	certain means
legal	legal inheritance	legal means
dead	dead inheritance	dead means
Other adjectives: real, supernatural, apparent, magical.

Evidence suggests that werewolves can arise from genetic inheritance and from...some means of transmission.

Source: Our Werewolves Are Different
Inheritance Murder: Triggering an inheritance early by means of murder.

Source: Will And Inheritance Tropes
The bad guy being the stepmother, who got what she wanted (her son getting her stepson's inheritance even if it costed her own life) and her victory being pyrrhic because he didn't approve her means.

Source: Wicked Stepmother

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