relationship vs brotherhood

brotherhood vs relationship

relationship and brotherhood both are nouns.

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

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

relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
brotherhood: the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

Other hyponyms of relationship include affinity, phylogenetic relation, descent, filiation, line of descent, lineage, affinity, blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity, birth, parentage, fatherhood, paternity, maternity, motherhood, sisterhood, sistership, marital bed, marital relationship.

relationship (noun)	brotherhood (noun)
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)	the feeling that men should treat one another like brothers
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	people engaged in a particular occupation
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)	an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries	the kinship relation between a male offspring and the siblings

Difference between relationship and brotherhood

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