Clan and Household

Clan

Clan noun - A group of persons who come from the same ancestor.

Usage example: the whole clan gets together only for holidays

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Household and clan are semantically related In some cases you can use "Household" instead a noun "Clan".

Nearby Words: clansman, clanship

Household noun - Those who live as a family in one house.

Usage example: a household that consists of a single mom, her two kids, and her widowed mother

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Clan and household are semantically related in family topic. Sometimes you can use "Clan" instead a noun "Household".

Nearby Words: house, householder, housework

human	human clan	human household
old	old clan	old household
female	female clan	female household
rich	rich clan	rich household
Other adjectives: similar, complete, certain, noble, single, small, entire, violent, large, main, aristocratic, traditional, former, wealthy, royal, titular, local, extended.

Over this time, she and her husband have founded a Badass Family and Quirky Household, the Emersons, that is the core of a bi-ethnic (English/Egyptian) example of The Clan.

Source: Literature / Amelia Peabody
Quirky Household: Both Kaede's real parents, and to a certain extent, Shinobu's ninja clan.

Source: Manga / Ninin Ga Shinobuden
She explains her household skills by noting that before the destruction of her clan, daily chores like cooking and cleaning were more important than fighting... Said destruction was about 100 years ago.

Source: Manga / Omamori Himari

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