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collection vs family

family vs collection

collection and family both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
collection Yes No No No
family Yes No No No
As nouns, family is a hyponym of collection; that is, family is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than collection:
  • collection: several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  • family: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Other hyponyms of collection include procession, pharmacopoeia, string, wardrobe, wardrobe, population, universe, armamentarium, art collection, backlog, battery, block, book, rule book, book, bottle collection, bunch, caboodle, lot, coin collection, collage, content, contents, ensemble, tout ensemble, corpus, crop, tenantry, findings, flagging, flinders, pack, deal, hand, long suit, herbarium, stamp collection, statuary, sum, sum total, summation, agglomeration, gimmickry, nuclear club, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile, mass, combination, congregation, hit parade, Judaica, kludge, library, program library, subroutine library, library, mythology, biology, biota, fauna, zoology, petting zoo, set, Victoriana, category, class, job lot, bundle, package, packet, parcel, defence, defense, defense lawyers, defense team, prosecution, planting, signage, GAAP, generally accepted accounting principles, pantheon, Free World, Third World, Europe, Asia, North America, Central America, South America, Oort cloud, galaxy, extragalactic nebula, galaxy, fleet, fleet, fleet, repertoire, repertory, repertoire, repertory, assortment, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety, batch, clutch, batch, rogue's gallery, exhibition, expo, exposition, convoy, traffic, air power, aviation, botany, flora, vegetation, jurisprudence, law, menagerie, data, information, ana, mail, post, treasure, treasure trove, trinketry, troponomy, troponymy, smithereens, tripton, napoleoniana, problematics, audio library.
collection (noun) family (noun)
the act of gathering something together primary social group; parents and children
a publication containing a variety of works people descended from a common ancestor
request for a sum of money a social unit living together
several things grouped together or considered as a whole (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
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