Difference between familial and internecine
Definitions
adjective
- relating to or having the characteristics of a family
- occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
Examples
(He rewrote Ghosts -- at age 85, mind you -- with loads of obscenities to harshen the inter-familial accusations even more, and drew out the final death scene, as McNulty beautifully describes it, to "near blinding Oedipal apotheosis.")
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.
Definitions
adjective
- (of conflict) within a group or organization
- characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides
Examples
And the Conservatives have no stomach for an ideological fight, only for internecine warfare.
We are fascinated by the internecine warfare at Colina.
The fear is of a repetition of the 1992 events when groups which now make up the Northern Alliance captured Kabul from Afghanistan's last pro-Moscow government but then wrecked it with internecine warfare.
