blood relative vs relative

relative vs blood relative

blood relative and relative both are nouns.

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

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

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

blood relative: 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 relative include relation.

blood relative (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 relative (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 relative and relative

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