family vs sex

family and sex both are nouns.

family is not a verb while sex is a verb.

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

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

family: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
sex: either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided

Other hyponyms of family include grammatical category, syntactic category, paradigm, substitution class, brass family, violin family, woodwind family, stamp, declension, conjugation, denomination, histocompatibility complex, weight class.

family (noun)	sex (noun)
primary social group; parents and children	activities associated with sexual intercourse
people descended from a common ancestor	the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
a social unit living together	all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera	either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided
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 (verb)	sex (verb)
	tell the sex (of young chickens)
	to evoke sexual feelings

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