Inherent, inherited, hereditary

[Ju]

1. The disease is hereditary.
2. The disease is inherited.
3. The disease is inherent.

Do the above sentences mean the same?
What are the differences?


Thanks.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Have you looked up the words? What's your best guess?

 

[Ju]

Have you looked up the words? What's your best guess?

Yes, I did. But I found the definations are very close.

I would say number 2 is the best.

 

[Tarheel]

A disease can certainly be hereditary.

 

[Ju]

A disease can certainly be hereditary.

But I found the example in the dictionary as follows:

The inherited disease.

Do they mean the same

 

[Tarheel]

But I found the example in the dictionary as follows:

The inherited disease.

Do they mean the same?

Didn't that dictionary give you a sentence?

www.dictionary.com

 

[tedmc]

1. The disease is hereditary.
The disease has the tendency to be passed on from parent to child.

2. The disease is inherited.
The disease has been passed on from parent to child.

3. The disease is inherent.
Someone is born with the disease(which may not be from the parent).

 

[Ju]

Didn't that dictionary give you a sentence?

www.dictionary.com

I found the example from Cambridge dictionary under the word "hereditary".

 

[Tarheel]

There are such things as inherited diseases. They are also called genetic disorders.

 

[GoesStation]

It would be very rare to describe a disease as inherent. If you did, you'd have to say more; it would be inherent to some condition or situation.

 

[Tarheel]

The term inherent disease seems to be used to refer to the other two.

Also, I couldn't find a separate definition for it.