kissing cousin vs relative

relative vs kissing cousin

kissing cousin and relative both are nouns.

kissing cousin is not an adjective while relative is an adjective.

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

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

kissing cousin: a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss
relative: a person related by blood or marriage

Other hypernyms of kissing cousin include relation.

kissing cousin (noun)	relative (noun)
a more or less distant relative; familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss	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

kissing 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'

Difference between kissing cousin and relative

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