Sibling vs. Kin — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Sibling and Kin
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Sibling
A sibling is a gender neutral word for a relative that shares at least one parent with the subject. A male sibling is a brother and a female sibling is a sister.
Kin
(used with a pl. verb) One's relatives or family
Visited my aunt and her kin.
Sibling
One of two or more individuals having one or both parents in common; a brother or sister.
Kin
A relative or family member
Is she kin of yours?.
Sibling
A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with.
None of my siblings are married yet.
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Kin
(used with a pl. verb) Organisms that are genetically related to another or others
Cauliflower and its kin.
Sibling
(comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.
Kin
Related genetically or in the same family.
Sibling
(taxonomy) The most closely related species, or one of several most closely related species when none can be determined to be more closely related.
Kin
Related or similar; akin
"If he feels a wisp of longing for her ... it is kin to what the serpent must have felt for Eve" (Barbara Klein Moss).
Sibling
A brother or a sister.
Kin
Race; family; breed; kind.
Sibling
A person's brother or sister
Kin
(collectively) Persons of the same race or family; kindred.
Kin
One or more relatives, such as siblings or cousins, taken collectively.
Kin
Relationship; same-bloodedness or affinity; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
Kin
(fandom) A fictional character who one deeply relates to.
Kin
Someone who relates deeply to a certain fictional character.
Kin
Related by blood or marriage, akin. Generally used in "kin to".
It turns out my back-fence neighbor is kin to one of my co-workers.
Kin
To identify with; as in empathize or emotionally relate to a fictional character.
Kin
A primitive Chinese instrument of the cittern kind, with from five to twenty-five silken strings.
Kin
Relationship, consanguinity, or affinity; connection by birth or marriage; kindred; near connection or alliance, as of those having common descent.
Kin
Relatives; persons of the same family or race.
The father, mother, and the kin beside.
You are of kin, and so a friend to their persons.
Kin
The unit velocity in the C. G. S. system - a velocity of one centimeter per second.
Kin
Of the same nature or kind; kinder.
Kin
A person having kinship with another or others;
He's kin
He's family
Kin
Group of people related by blood or marriage
Kin
Related by blood
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