patriarch vs father

father vs patriarch

patriarch and father both are nouns.

patriarch is not a verb while father is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
patriarch	Yes	No	No	No
father	Yes	No	Yes	No

As nouns, father is a hypernym of patriarch; that is, father is a word with a broader meaning than patriarch:

patriarch: any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
father: the founder of a family

Other hypernyms of patriarch include forefather, sire.

patriarch (noun)	father (noun)
the male head of family or tribe	a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father)
any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race	the founder of a family
title for the heads of the Eastern Orthodox Churches (in Istanbul and Alexandria and Moscow and Jerusalem)	a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization
a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself	a person who founds or establishes some institution
	the head of an organized crime family

patriarch (verb)	father (verb)
	make (offspring) by reproduction

Difference between patriarch and father

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