Descent
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An instance of descending A way down. A sloping passage or incline. Lineage or hereditary derivation A drop to a lower status or condition.
Example sentence: In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth.
Origin
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The beginning of something.The source of a river, information, goods, etc.The point at which the axes of a coordinate system intersectThe proximal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will not be moved by the action of that muscle.ancestry
Example sentence: All riches have their origin in mind. Wealth is in ideas - not money.