denomination vs family

family vs denomination

denomination and family both are nouns.

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

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

denomination: a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money
family: a collection of things sharing a common attribute

Other hypernyms of denomination include category, class.

denomination (noun)	family (noun)
identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others	primary social group; parents and children
a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith	people descended from a common ancestor
a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money	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

Difference between denomination and family

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