The difference between Niece and Sister

When used as nouns, niece means a daughter of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, whereas sister means a daughter of the same parents as another person.

Sister is also verb with the meaning: to strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

check bellow for the other definitions of Niece and Sister

  1. Niece as a noun:

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

    Examples:

    "My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday."

  1. Sister as a noun:

    A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.

    Examples:

    "My sister is always driving me crazy."

  2. Sister as a noun (informally):

    A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; a nun.

    Examples:

    "Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent."

  3. Sister as a noun:

    Any butterfly in the genus , so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

  4. Sister as a noun (British):

    A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

  5. Sister as a noun:

    Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership of a race, profession, religion or organization, such as feminism.

    Examples:

    "Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister."

  6. Sister as a noun (slang):

    A black woman.

  7. Sister as a noun (informal):

  8. Sister as a noun:

    A woman, in certain labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.

  9. Sister as a noun (attributively):

    An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.

    Examples:

    "sister publication, sister city, sister projects"

  10. Sister as a noun (comptheory):

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

  11. Sister as a noun (usually, attributively):

    Something in the same class.

    Examples:

    "sister ships'', ''sister facility"

  1. Sister as a verb (transitive, construction):

    To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.

    Examples:

    "I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists."

  2. Sister as a verb (obsolete, transitive):

    To be sister to; to resemble closely.

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