Familial vs Familiality - What's the difference?
familial | familiality |
Of or pertaining to human family.
(technical) Of or pertaining to any grouping of things referred to as a family.
The quality of being familial.
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As an adjective familial
is of or pertaining to human family.As a noun familiality is
the quality of being familial.familial
English
Adjective
(-)- Mark had to leave work due to familial obligations.
- For Apocynaceae, this type of flower is a familial characteristic.