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paradigm vs family

family vs paradigm

paradigm and family both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
paradigm Yes No No No
family Yes No No No
As nouns, family is a hypernym of paradigm; that is, family is a word with a broader meaning than paradigm:
  • paradigm: the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another)
  • family: a collection of things sharing a common attribute
Other hypernyms of paradigm include category, class.
paradigm (noun) family (noun)
a standard or typical example primary social group; parents and children
the generally accepted perspective of a particular discipline at a given time people descended from a common ancestor
the class of all items that can be substituted into the same position (or slot) in a grammatical sentence (are in paradigmatic relation with one another) a social unit living together
systematic arrangement of all the inflected forms of a word (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
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