family vs tribe

tribe vs family

family and tribe both are nouns.

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

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

family: primary social group; parents and children
tribe: group of people related by blood or marriage

Other hypernyms of family include clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group.

family (noun)	tribe (noun)
primary social group; parents and children	a social division of (usually preliterate) people
people descended from a common ancestor	a federation (as of American Indians)
a social unit living together	group of people related by blood or marriage
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera	(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
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 tribe

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