fraternal vs sibling

fraternal

noun
  • A fraternal twin. 

  • A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance. 

adj
  • Of or pertaining to a fraternity. 

  • Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers. 

  • Platonic or friendly. 

  • Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct. 

sibling

noun
  • A person who shares a parent; one's brother or sister who one shares a parent with. 

  • A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node. 

  • The most closely related species, or one of several most closely related species when none can be determined to be more closely related. 

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