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kissing kin vs relative

relative vs kissing kin

kissing kin and relative both are nouns.

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

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
kissing kin Yes No No No
relative Yes Yes No No
As nouns, relative is a hypernym of kissing kin; that is, relative is a word with a broader meaning than kissing kin:
  • kissing kin: 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 kin include relation.
kissing kin (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 kin (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 kin and relative

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