Lactation vs Gestation - What's the difference?
lactation | gestation |
The secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal.
The process of providing the milk to the young; breastfeeding.
The period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young; lactation period.
The period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.
The process of development of a plan or idea.
* 1900 , Sigmund Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams'', ''Avon Books , (translated by James Strachey) pg. 149:
As nouns the difference between lactation and gestation
is that lactation is the secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal while gestation is the period of time during which an infant animal or human physically develops inside the mother's body until it is born.lactation
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(wikipedia lactation)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* lactational * lactation periodgestation
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Noun
(en noun)- It was to a conversation with another friend who had for many years been familiar with all my writings during the period of their gestation , just as I had been with his.