marriage vs family

family vs marriage

marriage and family both are nouns.

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

As nouns, family is a hypernym of marriage; that is, family is a word with a broader meaning than marriage:

marriage: two people who are married to each other
family: primary social group; parents and children

Other hypernyms of marriage include family unit.

marriage (noun)	family (noun)
the act of marrying; the nuptial ceremony	primary social group; parents and children
two people who are married to each other	people descended from a common ancestor
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)	a social unit living together
a close and intimate union	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera
	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 marriage and family

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