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Maternity vs Paternity - What's the difference?

maternity | paternity | Antonyms |

Paternity is a antonym of maternity.



As nouns the difference between maternity and paternity

is that maternity is the state of being a mother; motherhood while paternity is fatherhood, being a father.

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)

    paternity

    English

    Noun

  • fatherhood, being a father
  • parental descent from a father
  • (legal) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child
  • (figuratively) authorship

    • Related terms

    * paternity leave * paternity suit * paternity test

    See also

    * maternity