being vs relative

relative vs being

being and relative both are nouns.

being is not an adjective while relative is an adjective.

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

As nouns, relative is a hyponym of being; that is, relative is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than being:

being: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
relative: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)

Other hyponyms of being include benthos, dwarf, heterotroph, parent, individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna, flora, plant, plant life, native, recombinant, conspecific, carrier, denizen, amphidiploid, diploid, haploid, heteroploid, polyploid, animalcule, animalculum, micro-organism, microorganism, aerobe, anaerobe, cross, crossbreed, hybrid, polymorph, congenator, congener, congeneric, plankton, nekton, parasite, host, commensal, myrmecophile, eucaryote, eukaryote, procaryote, prokaryote, zooid, clon, clone, atavist, throwback, individual, mascot, mutant, mutation, sport, variation, postdiluvian, sitter, stander, utterer, vocaliser, vocalizer, endemic, fungus, nonvascular organism, relict, saprophyte, saprophytic organism, saprobe, katharobe, epilith.

being (noun)	relative (noun)
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently	an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
the state or fact of existing	a person related by blood or marriage

being (adjective)	relative (adjective)
	estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
	properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

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