ascendant vs relative

relative vs ascendant

ascendant and relative both are nouns.

ascendant and relative both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ascendant	Yes	Yes	No	No
relative	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, relative is a hypernym of ascendant; that is, relative is a word with a broader meaning than ascendant:

ascendant: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
relative: a person related by blood or marriage

Other hypernyms of ascendant include relation.

ascendant (noun)	relative (noun)
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)	an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
position or state of being dominant or in control	a person related by blood or marriage

ascendant (adjective)	relative (adjective)
tending or directed upward	estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
most powerful or important or influential	properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

Difference between ascendant and relative

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