Maternity vs. Paternity
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Difference Between Maternity and Paternity
Maternitynoun
The state of being a mother; motherhood.
Paternitynoun
fatherhood, being a father
Maternitynoun
The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
Paternitynoun
parental descent from a father
Maternitynoun
A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.
Paternitynoun
(legal) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
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Maternitynoun
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
Paternitynoun
(figuratively) authorship
Maternitynoun
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
Paternitynoun
the state of being a father;
tests were conducted to determine paternityMaternitynoun
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother;
the girl's motherliness made her invaluable in caring for the childrenPaternitynoun
the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
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Paternitynoun
the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing;
the authorship of the theory is disputed
