relative vs somebody

somebody vs relative

relative and somebody both are nouns.

relative is an adjective but somebody is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
relative	Yes	Yes	No	No
somebody	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, somebody is a hypernym of relative; that is, somebody is a word with a broader meaning than relative:

relative: a person related by blood or marriage
somebody: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

Other hypernyms of relative include individual, mortal, person, someone, soul.

relative (noun)	somebody (noun)
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)	a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential
a person related by blood or marriage

relative (adjective)	somebody (adjective)
estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'

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