blood relation vs relative

relative vs blood relation

blood relation and relative both are nouns.

blood relation is not an adjective while relative is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
blood relation	Yes	No	No	No
relative	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

blood relation: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
relative: a person related by blood or marriage

Other hypernyms of blood relation include relation.

blood relation (noun)	relative (noun)
one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another	an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
	a person related by blood or marriage

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

Difference between blood relation and relative

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