Maternity vs. Paternity

Maternity vs. Paternity — Is There a Difference?
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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 paternity

Maternitynoun

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 children

Paternitynoun

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