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Maternity vs Parental - What's the difference?

maternity | parental |

As nouns the difference between maternity and parental

is that maternity is the state of being a mother; motherhood while parental is a person fulfilling a parental role.

As an adjective parental is

of or relating to a parent.

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)

    parental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to a parent
  • (genetics) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid

    • Related terms

    * parental control * parental duty * parental home * parental leave

    See also

    * paternal * maternal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person fulfilling a parental role.
    • Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.

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