different between kinship vs kindred

English

Etymology

From kin +? -ship.

Noun

kinship (countable and uncountable, plural kinships)

1. relation or connection by blood, marriage or adoption
2. relation or connection by nature or character

Related terms

• kin
• kith as in kith and kin

Translations

Anagrams

• pinkish

English

Etymology

From Middle English kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cünreden (“kindred”), from Old English cynr?d, cynr?den (“kindred, family, generation, posterity, stock, species”), from cynn (“kind, sort, quality, race, family, rank, gender”) + -r?den (“condition, state”), equivalent to kin +? -red. More at kin.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ?k?ndr?d, ?k?ndr?d, IPA^(key): /?k?nd??d/, /?k?nd??d/

Noun

kindred (countable and uncountable, plural kindreds)

1. (often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively; kin. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. (often plural only) People of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
3. (countable) A grouping of relatives.
4. (uncountable) Blood relationship.
5. (uncountable) Affinity, likeness.
6. (countable, Germanic paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry or Ásatrú.

   Synonyms: hearth, garth, stead

Synonyms

• (people of same ethnic descent): brethren, kinship

Translations

Adjective

kindred (not comparable)

1. Of the same nature, or of similar character.
   • 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1.

     We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;

2. Connected, related, cognate, akin.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:akin

Translations

Anagrams

• drinked