Difference between Ancestor and Ascendant

ANCESTOR vs ASCENDANT: NOUN

An earlier type; a progenitor.
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
One who had the same role or function in former times.
In biology, according to the theory of evolution, the hypothetical form or stock, of an earlier and presumably lower type, from which any organized being is inferred to have been directly or indirectly developed.
In law, one, whether a progenitor or a collateral relative, who has preceded another in the course of inheritance; one from whom an inheritance is derived: the correlative of heir: sometimes used specifically of the immediate progenitor.
One from whom a person is descended in the line of either father or mother; a forefather; a progenitor.
The actual or hypothetical organism or stock from which later kinds evolved.
The person from whom an estate has been inherited.
A forerunner or predecessor.
A person from whom one is descended, especially if more remote than a grandparent; a forebear.
One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

Position or state of being dominant or in control
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
An ancestor.
Superiority or commanding influence; predominance: especially in the phrase to gain the ascendant over one.
An ancestor, or one who precedes in genealogy or degrees of kindred: opposed to descendant.
In architecture, one of the two sides or vertical members of the chambranle of a door or window.
Ascent; height; elevation.
The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
Being in control.
An ancestor (antonym of descendant)
In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that rises in the east at the time of a person's birth or other event.

Superior; predominant; surpassing: as, “an ascendant spirit over him,” South.
In astrology, rising over the horizon, or nearly so.
In botany, same as ascending.
In heraldry, rising or issuing upward (the reverse of issuant): as, rays of the sun ascendant from the bottom of the shield, from a fesse, etc.
Proceeding upward; rising; mounting.

Patrimonial, Precursor, Ascendancy, Predecessor, Tso, Forerunner, Kin, Progenitor, Grandfather, Forebear, Ancestral, Ascendent, Ancestry, Ascendant, Antecedent

Bottom up, Arising, Ancestry, Parentage, Upward, Influence, Rise, Ascendancy, Ascensive, Ancestor, Antecedent, Dominating, Dominant, Ascending, Ascendent

Descendant, Bottom up, Ceremony, Patrimonial, Ascendancy, Predecessor, Forerunner, Kin, Progenitor, Grandfather, Ancestral, Ascendent, Ancestry, Ascendant, Antecedent

Conjunct, Ascendency, Bottom up, Ancestry, Parentage, Upward, Rise, Ascendancy, Ascensive, Ancestor, Antecedent, Dominating, Dominant, Ascending, Ascendent

Abraham the ancestor of the Hebrew people is the ancestor that the Israelites that became the Igbo took his title as their collective name.
Parentelic anybody who is a close ancestor will take in preference to somebody who is a more remote ancestor.
Clearly a parent is an ancestor of a child, and any ancestor of a parent is also an ancestor of the child.
The applicant for Veteran, Defender and Citizen ancestor medallions must provide documentation bysubmitting the proof of service for the ancestor as outlined below.
Duke Raus was an ancestor worshipper, and as head of the family also the chief priest of the ancestor cult.
In the case of English and French, this ancestor language is usually Latin, but other pairs of languages have different ancestor languages.
Paraphyletic groups contain a common ancestor, but not all its descendents; and polyphyletic groups have no common ancestor within the group.
If your ancestor had a United States passport, your ancestor completed the naturalization process and was a US Citizen.
Sequeira emphasizes the fact dealing with the Israelites having a common ancestor, Abraham, going back to the first ancestor, Adam.
How do you determine if an ancestor is a gateway ancestor?

The ascendant is very important in astrological chart interpretation.
Live review: ANCIENT ASCENDANT, GOSPEL OF THE HORN.
Ascendant Riot armor set ascend to for Saddle.
Hawks ascendant: The punitive trend of drug policy.
Mexicans out, altogether, or keeping America genetically ascendant.
The influence ofthis house is aspected to the ascendant very powerfully, for it can be seen to be in square aspect to the ascendant.
But a paternal grandmother is not a lineal ascendant but the wife of a lineal ascendant and hence would fall under clause ii.
Identify Your Rising Sign or Ascendant: In the Kundli referenced underneath, the initial step is to distinguish the ascendant sign.
Knight with an ascendant blade, bring an ascendant gun.
Tek Dino Gates, Ascendant Saddles on dinos, Ascendant rifles etc.