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Lactation vs Nursing - What's the difference?

lactation | nursing |

As nouns the difference between lactation and nursing

is that lactation is the secretion of milk from the mammary gland of a female mammal while nursing is breastfeeding.

As an adjective nursing is

in the state of suckling young, lactating.

As a verb nursing is

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lactation

English

(wikipedia lactation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * lactational * lactation period

    Related terms

    * lactate * lactic * lactose

    nursing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • In the state of suckling young, lactating.
    • The nursing bear wouldn't move far until her cubs were older.
  • Referring to nurses.
    • The nursing staff worked overtime at the hospital.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • breastfeeding
  • The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.
    • She went into nursing as a career.

    Verb

    (head)
    • The mother sat there nursing her baby.

    Derived terms

    * nursing bra

    Anagrams

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