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family vs Mafia

Mafia vs family

family and Mafia both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
family Yes No No No
Mafia Yes No No No
As nouns, Mafia is a hyponym of family; that is, Mafia is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than family:
  • family: a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
  • Mafia: a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
Other hyponyms of family include Cosa Nostra, Maffia.
family (noun) Mafia (noun)
primary social group; parents and children a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia
people descended from a common ancestor a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century
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
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