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blood vs phratry

phratry vs blood

blood and phratry both are nouns.

blood is a verb but phratry is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
blood Yes No Yes No
phratry Yes No No No
As nouns, phratry is a hyponym of blood; that is, phratry is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than blood:
  • blood: the hereditary derivation of an individual
  • phratry: people descended from a common ancestor
Other hyponyms of blood include family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, side, breed line.
blood (noun) phratry (noun)
temperament or disposition people descended from a common ancestor
the fluid (red in vertebrates) that is pumped through the body by the heart and contains plasma, blood cells, and platelets
the hereditary derivation of an individual
people viewed as members of a group
a dissolute man in fashionable society
blood (verb) phratry (verb)
smear with blood, as in a hunting initiation rite, where the face of a person is smeared with the blood of the kill
Difference between blood and phratry

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