brass family vs family

brass family and family both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
brass family	Yes	No	No	No
family	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, family is a hypernym of brass family; that is, family is a word with a broader meaning than brass family:

Other hypernyms of brass family include category, class.

brass family (noun)	family (noun)
(music) the family of brass instruments	primary social group; parents and children
	people descended from a common ancestor
	a social unit living together
	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
	a collection of things sharing a common attribute
	an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
	a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
	a person having kinship with another or others