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Manhood vs Brotherhood - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between manhood and brotherhood

is that manhood is the state of being man as a human being while brotherhood is the state of being brothers or a brother.

manhood

English

Noun

  • The state of being man as a human being.
    • He feared the speedy decline of all manhood .
  • State of being a man as distinguished from a child or a woman.
    • A strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood .
  • The qualities ascribed to manliness; courage; bravery; resolve.
  • The male genitalia.
    • She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood .
  • Men, considered as a group.

    • Synonyms

    * (human being) mankind, humanity

    See also

    * ("manhood" on Wikipedia)

    brotherhood

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The state of being brothers or a brother.
  • An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
  • The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.
  • Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
    • A brotherhood of venerable trees. - .

    Hypernyms

    *siblinghood

    Synonyms

    * fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren

    See also

    * sisterhood

    External links

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