relationship vs sisterhood

sisterhood vs relationship

relationship and sisterhood both are nouns.

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

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

relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
sisterhood: the kinship relation between a female 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, sistership, brotherhood, marital bed, marital relationship.

relationship (noun)	sisterhood (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)	a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)	the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Difference between relationship and sisterhood

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