Familiar vs. Family — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Familiar and Family
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Definitions
Familiar➦
Well known from long or close association
A familiar voice
Their faces will be familiar to many of you
Family➦
In human society, family (from Latin: familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of families is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society.
Familiar➦
In close friendship; intimate
She had not realized they were on such familiar terms
Family➦
A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children.
Familiar➦
A demon supposedly attending and obeying a witch, often said to assume the form of an animal
Her familiars were her two little griffons that nested in her skirts
Family➦
The children of one of these groups
She raised a large family.
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Familiar➦
A close friend or associate.
Family➦
A group of persons related by descent or marriage
My whole family, including my cousins, gets together once a year. See Usage Note at collective noun.
Familiar➦
(in the Roman Catholic Church) a person rendering certain services in a pope's or bishop's household.
Family➦
People in the same line of descent; lineage
Comes from an old Virginia family.
Familiar➦
Often encountered or seen
A familiar landmark.
Family➦
(Obsolete) All the members of a household living under one roof.
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Familiar➦
Having fair knowledge; acquainted
Are you familiar with these roads?.
Family➦
A locally independent organized crime unit, as of the Cosa Nostra.
Familiar➦
Of established friendship; intimate
We are on familiar terms.
Family➦
A group of like things; a class
The family of brass instruments.
Familiar➦
Natural and unstudied; informal
Lectured in a familiar style.
Family➦
A group of individuals derived from a common stock
The family of human beings.
Familiar➦
Taking undue liberties; presumptuous
Students should not be familiar toward an instructor.
Family➦
(Biology) A taxonomic category of related organisms ranking below an order and above a genus. A family usually consists of several genera.
Familiar➦
Familial.
Family➦
(Linguistics) A group of languages descended from the same parent language, such as the Indo-European language family.
Familiar➦
Domesticated; tame. Used of animals.
Family➦
(Mathematics) A set of functions or surfaces that can be generated by varying the parameters of a general equation.
Familiar➦
A close friend or associate.
Family➦
A group of elements with similar chemical properties.
Familiar➦
An attendant spirit, often taking animal form.
Family➦
A vertical column in the periodic table of elements.
Familiar➦
One who performs domestic service in the household of a high official.
Family➦
(Physics) Any of the three generations of elementary fermions.
Familiar➦
A person who frequents a place.
Family➦
Of or having to do with a family
Family problems.
Familiar➦
Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
There’s a familiar face; that tune sounds familiar.
Family➦
Being suitable for a family
Family movies.
Familiar➦
Acquainted.
I'm quite familiar with this system; she's not familiar with manual gears.
Family➦
(countable) A group of people who are closely related to one another (by blood, marriage or adoption); kin; in particular, a set of parents and their children; an immediate family.
Our family lives in town.
This is a family restaurant, stop making out!
Familiar➦
Intimate or friendly.
We are on familiar terms now; our neighbour is not familiar
Don’t be familiar with me, boy!
Family➦
(countable) An extended family: a group of people who are related to one another by blood or marriage.
Familiar➦
Of or pertaining to a family; familial.
Family➦
(countable) A nuclear family: a mother and father who are married and cohabiting and their child or children.
The cultural struggle is for the survival of family values against all manner of atheistic amorality.
We must preserve the family unit if we want to save civilisation!
Familiar➦
(witchcraft) An attendant spirit, often in animal or demon form.
The witch’s familiar was a black cat.
Family➦
(uncountable) Members of one's family collectively.
I have a lot of family in Australia.
He has a sister, but no other family.
Familiar➦
(obsolete) A member of one's family or household.
Family➦
(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 family
This is my fraternity family at the university.
Our company is one big happy family.
Familiar➦
A member of a pope's or bishop's household.
Family➦
(uncountable) Lineage, especially honorable or noble lineage.
Familiar➦
(obsolete) A close friend.
Family➦
A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below order and above genus; a taxon at that rank.
Magnolias belong to the family Magnoliaceae.
Familiar➦
(historical) The officer of the Inquisition who arrested suspected people.
Family➦
(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.
Familiar➦
Of or pertaining to a family; domestic.
Family➦
A collection of sets, especially of subsets of a given set.
Let be a family of subsets over .
Familiar➦
Closely acquainted or intimate, as a friend or companion; well versed in, as any subject of study; as, familiar with the Scriptures.
Family➦
A group of instruments having the same basic method of tone production.
The brass family;
The violin family
Familiar➦
Characterized by, or exhibiting, the manner of an intimate friend; not formal; unconstrained; easy; accessible.
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar.
Family➦
A group of languages believed to have descended from the same ancestral language.
The Indo-European language family;
The Afroasiatic language family
Familiar➦
Well known; well understood; common; frequent; as, a familiar illustration.
That war, or peace, or both at once, may beAs things acquainted and familiar to us.
There is nothing more familiar than this.
Family➦
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.
Familiar➦
Improperly acquainted; wrongly intimate.
Family➦
(slang) Homosexual.
I knew he was family when I first met him.
Familiar➦
An intimate; a companion.
All my familiars watched for my halting.
Family➦
The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
Familiar➦
An attendant demon or evil spirit.
Family➦
The group comprising a husband and wife and their dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization of society.
The welfare of the family underlies the welfare of society.
Familiar➦
A confidential officer employed in the service of the tribunal, especially in apprehending and imprisoning the accused.
Family➦
Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe, clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of Abraham; the father of a family.
Go ! and pretend your family is young.
Familiar➦
A person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
Family➦
Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors; lineage.
Familiar➦
A person who is frequently in the company of another;
Drinking companions
Comrades in arms
Family➦
Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock; as, a man of family.
Familiar➦
A spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
Family➦
A group of kindred or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.
Familiar➦
Well known or easily recognized;
A familiar figure
Familiar songs
Familiar guests
Family➦
A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In Zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order.
Familiar➦
Within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange;
Familiar ordinary objects found in every home
A familiar everyday scene
A familiar excuse
A day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences
Family➦
A social unit living together;
He moved his family to Virginia
It was a good Christian household
I waited until the whole house was asleep
The teacher asked how many people made up his home
Familiar➦
(usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly;
Conversant with business trends
Familiar with the complex machinery
He was familiar with those roads
Family➦
Primary social group; parents and children;
He wanted to have a good job before starting a family
Familiar➦
Having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship;
On familiar terms
Pretending she is on an intimate footing with those she slanders
Family➦
People descended from a common ancestor;
His family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower
Family➦
A collection of things sharing a common attribute;
There are two classes of detergents
Family➦
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 family
The church welcomed new members into its fellowship
Family➦
(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera;
Sharks belong to the fish family
Family➦
A person having kinship with another or others;
He's kin
He's family
Family➦
A loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities
