A dominant trait overpowers a recessive trait. If your dad has brown hair and your mom has orange hair, you are more likely to get your dad's brown hair because it is the dominant trait.
A dominant trait is a genetic trait which may cause a hereditary condition, a recessive trait disappears or goes in the background and only shows in a few generations.
An inherited trait is a characteristic you get from your parents like say your mom has blond hair and your dad has brown hair then there baby is going to have a brown hair baby because brown is the...