family vs pedigree

pedigree vs family

family and pedigree both are nouns.

family is not an adjective while pedigree is an adjective.

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

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

family: people descended from a common ancestor
pedigree: the hereditary derivation of an individual

Other hypernyms of family include ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, stemma, stock.

family (noun)	pedigree (noun)
primary social group; parents and children	ancestry of a purebred animal
people descended from a common ancestor	the hereditary derivation of an individual
a social unit living together	line of descent of a purebred animal
(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

family (adjective)	pedigree (adjective)
	having a list of ancestors as proof of being a purebred animal

Difference between family and pedigree

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