relationship vs cognation

cognation vs relationship

relationship and cognation both are nouns.

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

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

relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
cognation: (anthropology) the condition of being related by blood

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

relationship (noun)	cognation (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)	(anthropology) the condition of being related by blood
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Difference between relationship and cognation

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