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Infancy vs Infanthood - What's the difference?

infancy | infanthood |

As nouns the difference between infancy and infanthood

is that infancy is the earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking) while infanthood is infancy.

infancy

English

Noun

(infancies)
  • The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
  • The state of being an infant.
  • An early stage in the development of, eg, some technology.
  • (label) The state of being a minor.

    • infanthood

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • infancy
    • (Webster 1913)