family relationship vs relation

relation vs family relationship

family relationship and relation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
family relationship	Yes	No	No	No
relation	Yes	No	No	No

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

family relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
relation: an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together

family relationship (noun)	relation (noun)
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together
	(usually plural) mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups
	sexual activity between individuals, especially the insertion of a man's penis into a woman's vagina until orgasm and ejaculation occur
	(law) the principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time
	an act of narration
	a person related by blood or marriage

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