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genealogy vs tribe

tribe vs genealogy

genealogy and tribe both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
genealogy Yes No No No
tribe Yes No No No
As nouns, tribe is a hypernym of genealogy; that is, tribe is a word with a broader meaning than genealogy:
  • genealogy: successive generations of kin
  • tribe: group of people related by blood or marriage
Other hypernyms of genealogy include clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group.
genealogy (noun) tribe (noun)
the study or investigation of ancestry and family history a social division of (usually preliterate) people
successive generations of kin 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 genealogy and tribe

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