lineage vs family

family vs lineage

lineage and family both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
lineage	Yes	No	No	No
family	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, family is a hyponym of lineage; that is, family is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than lineage:

lineage: the hereditary derivation of an individual
family: people descended from a common ancestor

Other hyponyms of lineage include family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, side, breed line.

lineage (noun)	family (noun)
inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline	primary social group; parents and children
the hereditary derivation of an individual	people descended from a common ancestor
a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted	a social unit living together
the number of lines in a piece of printed material	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors	a collection of things sharing a common attribute
	an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
	a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
	a person having kinship with another or others

Difference between lineage and family

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