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cognate vs relative

relative vs cognate

cognate and relative both are nouns.

cognate and relative both are adjectives.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
cognate Yes Yes No No
relative Yes Yes No No
As nouns, relative is a hypernym of cognate; that is, relative is a word with a broader meaning than cognate:
  • cognate: one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another
  • relative: a person related by blood or marriage
Other hypernyms of cognate include relation.
cognate (noun) relative (noun)
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another a person related by blood or marriage
cognate (adjective) relative (adjective)
related by blood estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
having the same ancestral language properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'
related in nature
Difference between cognate and relative

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