totem vs kinship group

totem and kinship group both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
totem	Yes	No	No	No
kinship group	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, kinship group is a hypernym of totem; that is, kinship group is a word with a broader meaning than totem:

totem: a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object
kinship group: group of people related by blood or marriage

Other hypernyms of totem include clan, kin, kin group, kindred, tribe.

totem (noun)	kinship group (noun)
emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)	group of people related by blood or marriage
a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object