✅ Family refers to a social unit, usually consisting of people who are related to one another but sometimes including close friends (I’ve known you for years, you’re family).

✅ Kin refers to a group of people who are related to one another and who form a family or clan (The reunion was a chance to get to know distant kin we hadn’t seen in years).

✅ Family and kin both refer to a group of people who are related to one another.

✅ Family suggests an emotionally or genetically close relationship, whereas kin often includes people who are more distantly related and may not know each other.

✅ To hug means to hold someone close and tight to your chest (I make sure to hug my friends once a day).

✅ Embrace means to take someone in your arms and hug them close (They embraced after a long time apart).

✅ Both of these words refer to the same kind of affectionate gesture.

✅ However, embrace can also be more figurative, meaning to accept something willingly, while hug does not.

✅ Lonely describes someone who is alone and doesn’t have a companion with them. It can also describe someone who feels sad or depressed due to a lack of companionship (a lonely tree on the hillside; a lonely traveler).

✅ Solitary describes a person who is on their own, without companions. It can also describe someone who lives alone or lacks company (She liked her solitary walks on the beach).

✅ Both of these terms describe people on their own.

✅ Lonely often suggests negative feelings, whereas solitary is more neutral.