Cousin vs. Sister

The son or daughter of a person’s uncle or aunt; a first cousin.

Example: ‘I think my cousin is a good man.’;

Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of one's extended family; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.

(obsolete) A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.

(figurative) Something kindred or related to another.

One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt.

Example: ‘Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son,A cousin-german to great Priam's seed.’;

A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.

Example: ‘My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow.’;

Allied; akin.

the child of your aunt or uncle

Commonly, refers to a , a relative whose most recent common ancestor with the subject is a grandparent. More generally, in the lineal kinship system used in the English-speaking world, a cousin is a type of familial relationship in which two relatives are two or more familial generations away from their most recent common ancestor.

Example: ‘cousin’; ‘first cousin’;

A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

Example: ‘My sister is always driving me crazy.’;

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.

Example: ‘Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.’;

Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

(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.

Example: ‘Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.’;

(slang) A black woman.

(informal) A form of address to a woman.

A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

Example: ‘sister publication, sister city, sister projects’;

(comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

Something in the same class.

Example: ‘sister ships, sister facility’;

To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

Example: ‘I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.’;

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.

Example: ‘I am the sister of one Claudio.’;

A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

One of the same kind, or of the same condition; - generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

a female person who has the same parents as another person;

Example: ‘my sister married a musician’;

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address);

Example: ‘the Sisters taught her to love God’;

a female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group;

Example: ‘none of her sisters would betray her’;

sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

A sister is a woman or girl who shares one or more parents with another individual. The male counterpart is a brother.