Difference between Cognate and Sib

What is the difference between Cognate and Sib?

Cognate as an adjective is either descended from the same attested source lexeme of ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of proto-language. while Sib as an adjective is related, by birth or descent; similar to

Cognate

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Either descended from the same attested source lexeme of ancestor language, or held on the grounds of the methods of historical linguistics to be regular reflexes of the unattested, reconstructed form of proto-language.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: 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.

Sib

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: related, by birth or descent; similar to

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Kindred, (blood) relativesA kinsman, blood relation.A sibling, brother or sister (irrespective of gender)Any group of animals or plants sharing a corresponding genetic relationA group of individuals unilaterally descended from a single (real or postulated) common ancestor

We hope you now know whether to use Cognate or Sib in your sentence.

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