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family tree vs tribe

tribe vs family tree

family tree and tribe both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
family tree Yes No No No
tribe Yes No No No
As nouns, tribe is a hypernym of family tree; that is, tribe is a word with a broader meaning than family tree:
  • family tree: successive generations of kin
  • tribe: group of people related by blood or marriage
Other hypernyms of family tree include clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group.
family tree (noun) tribe (noun)
successive generations of kin a social division of (usually preliterate) people
a federation (as of American Indians)
group of people related by blood or marriage
(biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily
Difference between family tree and tribe

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