Difference between Cousin and Niece

What is the difference between Cousin and Niece?

Cousin as a noun is the son or daughter of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin. while Niece as a noun is a daughter of someone's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either or one's brother ("fraternal niece") or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

Cousin

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The son or daughter of a person's uncle or aunt; a first cousin. Any relation who is not a direct ancestor or descendant; one more distantly related than an uncle, aunt, granduncle, grandaunt, nephew, niece, grandnephew, grandniece, etc.

Niece

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A daughter of someone's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either or one's brother ("fraternal niece") or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

We hope you now know whether to use Cousin or Niece in your sentence.

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