full cousin vs relative

full cousin and relative both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
full cousin	Yes	No	No	No
relative	Yes	Yes	No	No

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

Other hypernyms of full cousin include relation.

full cousin (noun)	relative (noun)
the child of your aunt or uncle	an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
	a person related by blood or marriage

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