Nibling vs Sister - What's the difference?
nibling | sister |
A nephew or niece, especially in the plural or as a gender-neutral term.
* 1989 November, Gacs, Women Anthropologists: Selected Biographies , University of Illinois Press
* 1998 May, D.J. Kruger, Relative worth across disparate types of assistance [http://www-personal.umich.edu/~kruger/ks-gen.html]
* 1999 June, Jay Miller, Lushootseed Culture and the Shamanic Odyssey , University of Nebraska Press
* 2004' January 29, Rabbi Josh Yuter, ' Nibling News, Yutopia [http://yutopia.yucs.org/archives/2004/01/nibling_news.html]
* 2005 February, N. J. Enfield, "The Body as a Cognitive Artifact in Kinship Representations", Current Anthropology , Volume 46, Number 1
* 2005 June 1, Sean M Theriault, The Power Of The People , Ohio State University Press
* 2005 December 7, "castiron" Casteel, The Bog of Lost Scholars [http://www.the-casteels.com/castiron/blog/index.php?topic=Crafts]
A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
A female member of a religious community; a nun.
(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.
Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.
* 1985 , (Eurythmics) and (Aretha Franklin), Who’s Zoomin' Who? :
(slang) A black woman.
(informal) A form of address to a woman.
* What’s up, sister ?
A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
* Thank you, sister'''. I would like to thank the '''sister who just spoke.
(attributively) Of or relating to an entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierachical relationship with another.
(usually, attributively) In the same class.
(construction) To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
(obsolete) To be sister to; to resemble closely.
As nouns the difference between nibling and sister
is that nibling is a nephew or niece, especially in the plural or as a gender-neutral term while sister is title of respect for an adult female member of a religious or fraternal order.nibling
English
Noun
(en noun)- She was close to her family, particularly her younger “siblings and niblings .”
- Kin selection was strongest for choices between sibling and friend, decreasing across sibling vs. nibling', '''nibling''' vs. friend, and ' nibling vs. cousin.
- Most distinctive of the system, therefore, were the two terms for parental siblings and for niblings , which occurred only among the Salish and neighboring Southern Nootkans.
- Cousins are informally referred to by the same terms used for siblings, but officially one has an aunt/uncle-nibling relationship with one's cousins
- But, it is my niblings 2 who taught me how to love.
- Next up: Probably Baby Norgi for my nibling , though I also have socks and fingerless mitts that need starting.
Hyponyms
;a nephew or niece * nephew * nieceReferences
* http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/language/kinship.htmlsister
English
Noun
(en-noun)- My sister is always driving me crazy.
- Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.
- Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister .
- [song title] Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
- sister''' publication, '''''sister''' city'', '''''sister projects
- sister''' ships'', '''''sister facility
Synonyms
* (woman or girl with the same parents) (slang) sis * (member of religious community) nun, sistren * (supervisory nurse) charge nurse * darling, dear, love, (US) lady, miss, (northern UK) pet * affiliate, affiliatedAntonyms
* (with regards to gender) brotherHypernyms
* (daughter of common parents) siblingDerived terms
* big sister * half-sister * kid sister * little sister * sis * sissy * sister city * sisterhood * sister-in-law * sisterly * sister ship * stepsister * weak sisterVerb
(en verb)- I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.
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