Noncognate vs. Cognate
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.
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 qualitiesCognateadjective
having the same ancestral language;
cognate languagesCognateadjective
related by blood
