relationship vs lineage

lineage vs relationship

relationship and lineage both are nouns.

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

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

relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
lineage: the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

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

relationship (noun)	lineage (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)	inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	the hereditary derivation of an individual
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)	a rate of payment for written material that is measured according to the number of lines submitted
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries	the number of lines in a piece of printed material
	the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors

Difference between relationship and lineage

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