Difference between Descendant and Descending

DESCENDANT vs DESCENDING: NOUN

One whose descent can be traced to a particular individual or group.
Something derived from a prototype or earlier form.
In astrology, the point of the ecliptic or the sign of the zodiac that sets in the west at the time of a person's birth or other event.
In geology, a topographic feature carved from the mass beneath an older topographic form which has been removed.
An individual proceeding from an ancestor in any degree; issue; offspring, near or remote.
In astrology, the descending or western horizon or cusp of the seventh house.
One who descends, as offspring, however remotely; -- correlative to ancestor or ascendant.
One who is the progeny a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
A thing that derives directly from a given precursor or source.
A later evolutionary type.
A language that is descended from another.
A word or form in one language that is descended from a counterpart in an ancestor language.
A person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

Coming down or downward
Of or pertaining to descent; moving downwards.
A series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding one; also, a series arranged according to descending powers of a quantity.
Those through which the planets descent toward the south.
That point in a planet's orbit where it intersects the ecliptic in passing southward.

Characterized by descent or decrease as regards the value or importance of its constituent members; indicating a continued lowering as regards position, value, or importance: as, a descending scale or series.
Specifically
Moving or directed downward; characterized by downward direction.

Derivative, Pda, Ranking, Cion, Seed, Negra, Black, Descent, Offspring, Progeny, Heir, Scion, Ancestry, Descending, Descendent

Landing, Slipping, Descent, Degressive, Downward sloping, Declivitous, Descendent, Descendant, Down, Raining, Drizzling, Downward, Downhill, Dropping, Falling

Down, Derivative, Pda, Ranking, Cion, Seed, Negra, Black, Descent, Offspring, Progeny, Heir, Ancestry, Descending, Descendent

Sliding, Slipping, Descent, Downward sloping, Degressive, Declivitous, Descendent, Descendant, Down, Raining, Drizzling, Downward, Downhill, Dropping, Falling

She was a lineal descendant of the Rev.
Griswold descendant, acknowledged she had not attended one.
Beckett: If you are a descendant of Addemar.
Everyone in this county is descendant of immigrants.
Our subject is a descendant of English stock.
Family: the record of ancestral and descendant relations.
Am I A Descendant of President James Madison?
Other disqualified persons include members of your family such as your spouse, ancestors, lineal descendant, or any other spouse of lineal descendant.
Who was a descendant of the same tribe as King Saul, to defeat Haman, a descendant of King Agag of the Amalekites.
Kay Winthrop was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, a direct descendant of John Winthrop: the descendant line is Gov.

The long descending pathways The long descending pathways of birds are not as well known as that of the ascending ones.
The heavens were vivid with descending lustres, and the angels came upon him as a bright cloud, descending, as it were, upon the patriarch.
You can sort in descending order by placing the keyword DESCENDING before the variable name that you want the dataset to be sorted on.
Slant Descending Price Ascending Vendor pages lay flat as Manufacturer Model Location Hours Ascending Hours Descending.
Posterior descending artery as a continuity from the left anterior descending artery.
The Descending sort arranges the content from Z to A and in descending order.
To sort the attribute or metric values in descending order, select Sort Descending.
Descending Pain Modulation Pathway Linking Mesolimbic and Classical Descending Mechanisms.
Select Descending to sort the rows in descending order.
Sort Descending: Sorts the selected column in descending order.