family vs relative

relative vs family

family and relative both are nouns.

family is not an adjective while relative is an adjective.

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

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

family: a person having kinship with another or others
relative: a person related by blood or marriage

Other hypernyms of family include relation.

family (noun)	relative (noun)
primary social group; parents and children	an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
people descended from a common ancestor	a person related by blood or marriage
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

family (adjective)	relative (adjective)
	estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
	properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

Difference between family and relative

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