familiar vs familial
Definitions
noun
- a person attached to the household of a high official (as a pope or bishop) who renders service in return for support
- a spirit (usually in animal form) that acts as an assistant to a witch or wizard
- a friend who is frequently in the company of another
adjective
- having mutual interests or affections; of established friendship
- (usually followed by `with') well informed about or knowing thoroughly
- well known or easily recognized
- within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
Examples
The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence.
Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails.
The affinities between music and poetry have been familiar since antiquity, though they are largely ignored in the current intellectual climate.
Definitions
adjective
- relating to or having the characteristics of a family
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
Examples
Environmental factors can determine the phenotypic presentation of familial Alzheimer's disease.
Introduction Familial occurrence of chronic inflammatory bowel disease has been reported in several studies during the past decades.
The nonfamilial work showed a strong relationship between the NPY gene variants associated with coronary disease, according to the study published in the Jan. 2 online edition of PLoS Genetics.
