Noncognate vs. Cognate

Noncognate vs. Cognate — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Noncognate and Cognate

Noncognateadjective

Not cognate.

Cognateadjective

Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (legal) related on the mother's side.

Noncognatenoun

That which is not a cognate.

Cognateadjective

Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root.

Cognateadjective

(linguistics) Descended from the same source lexeme of an ancestor language.

Cognatenoun

One of a number of things allied in origin or nature.

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Cognatenoun

One who is related to another on the female side.

Cognatenoun

One who is related to another, both having descended from a common ancestor through legal marriages.

Cognatenoun

(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or strongly believed to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.

Cognatenoun

one related by blood or origin; especially on sharing an ancestor with another

Cognatenoun

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

Cognateadjective

related in nature;

connate qualities
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Cognateadjective

having the same ancestral language;

cognate languages

Cognateadjective

related by blood