Family vs. Relative
Difference Between Family and Relative
Familynoun
(countable) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; for example, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Our family lives in town.Relativeadjective
Connected to or depending on something else; comparative.
Familynoun
(countable) An extended family; a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
Relativeadjective
Expressed in relation to another item, rather than in complete form.
The relative URL /images/pic.jpg, when evaluated in the context of http://example.com/docs/pic.html, corresponds to the absolute URL http://example.com/images/pic.jpg.Familynoun
(countable) A (close-knit) group of people related by blood, friendship, marriage, law, or custom, especially if they live or work together.
crime family, Mafia familyThis is my fraternity family at the university.Our company is one big happy family.Relativeadjective
(grammar) That relates to an antecedent.
Familynoun
A rank in the classification of organisms, below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.Relativeadjective
(music) Having the same key but differing in being major or minor.
Familynoun
(countable) Any group or aggregation of things classed together as kindred or related from possessing in common characteristics which distinguish them from other things of the same order.
Doliracetam is a drug from the racetam family.Relativeadjective
Relevant; pertinent; related.
relative to your earlier point about taxes, ...Familynoun
A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
the brass family;the violin familyRelativeadjective
Capable to be changed by other beings or circumstance; conditional.
Familynoun
A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
the Indo-European language family;the Afro-Asiatic language familyRelativenoun
Someone in the same family; someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Why do my relatives always talk about sex?Familynoun
Used attributively.
The dog was kept as a family pet.For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a family characteristic.Relativenoun
(linguistics) A type of adjective that inflects like a relative clause, rather than a true adjective, in certain Bantu languages.
Familyadjective
Suitable for children and adults.
It's not good for a date, it's a family restaurant.Some animated movies are not just for kids, they are family movies.Relativenoun
a person related by blood or marriage;
police are searching for relatives of the deceasedhe has distant relations back in New JerseyFamilyadjective
Conservative, traditional.
The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.Relativenoun
an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
Familyadjective
(slang) Homosexual.
I knew he was family when I first met him.Relativeadjective
not absolute or complete;
a relative strangerFamilynoun
a social unit living together;
he moved his family to VirginiaIt was a good Christian householdI waited until the whole house was asleepthe teacher asked how many people made up his homeRelativeadjective
properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to';
punishment oughtt to be proportional to the crimeearnings relative to productionFamilynoun
primary social group; parents and children;
he wanted to have a good job before starting a familyFamilynoun
people descended from a common ancestor;
his family has lived in Massachusetts since the MayflowerFamilynoun
a collection of things sharing a common attribute;
there are two classes of detergentsFamilynoun
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities;
the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company familythe church welcomed new members into its fellowshipFamilynoun
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera;
sharks belong to the fish familyFamilynoun
a person having kinship with another or others;
he's kinhe's familyFamilynoun
a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
