family vs nuclear family

nuclear family vs family

family and nuclear family both are nouns.

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

As nouns, nuclear family is a hyponym of family; that is, nuclear family is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than family:

family: a social unit living together
nuclear family: a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner

Other hyponyms of family include broken home, conjugal family, extended family, foster family, foster home, menage a trois.

family (noun)	nuclear family (noun)
primary social group; parents and children	a family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner
people descended from a common ancestor
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 family and nuclear family

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