marital relationship vs relationship

relationship vs marital relationship

marital relationship and relationship both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
marital relationship	Yes	No	No	No
relationship	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, relationship is a hypernym of marital relationship; that is, relationship is a word with a broader meaning than marital relationship:

marital relationship: the relationship between wife and husband
relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

Other hypernyms of marital relationship include family relationship, kinship.

marital relationship (noun)	relationship (noun)
the relationship between wife and husband	a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
	(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
	a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
	a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Difference between marital relationship and relationship

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