common-law marriage vs union

union vs common-law marriage

common-law marriage and union both are nouns.

common-law marriage is not an adjective while union is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
common-law marriage	Yes	No	No	No
union	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, union is a hypernym of common-law marriage; that is, union is a word with a broader meaning than common-law marriage:

common-law marriage: a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
union: the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

Other hypernyms of common-law marriage include marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock.

common-law marriage (noun)	union (noun)
a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony	the act of making or becoming a single unit
	the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
	a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
	the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
	an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
	a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
	a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
	healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
	the state of being joined or united or linked
	the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

common-law marriage (adjective)	union (adjective)
	of trade unions

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