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Fertility vs Maternity - What's the difference?

fertility | maternity |

As nouns the difference between fertility and maternity

is that fertility is the condition, or the degree, of being fertile while maternity is the state of being a mother; motherhood.

fertility

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition, or the degree, of being fertile.
    • Muckspreading increases the fertility of the soil.
  • (countable) The birthrate of a population; the number of live births per 1000 people per year.
  • The average number of births per woman within a population.

    • Synonyms

    * fecundity, fertileness

    Antonyms

    * infertility

    Derived terms

    * oncofertility

    External links

    * (wikipedia)

    maternity

    English

    Noun

  • The state of being a mother; motherhood.
  • The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.
  • A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

    • Synonyms

    * (ward) (l)

    Antonyms

    * (l) (with respect to gender)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l), (l)