descendant vs ancestor: What's the difference?

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Which is correct: descendant or ancestor

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descendantnoun

a person considered as descended from some ancestor

descendantadjective

proceeding by descent from an ancestor

descendantadjective

going or coming down

ancestornoun

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

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