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Mom vs Son - What's the difference?

mom | son |

As nouns the difference between mom and son

is that mom is mother, momma while son is a male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.

As proper nouns the difference between mom and son

is that mom is one's mother while Son is jesus Christ, whom Christians believe to be the son of God.

As an adjective MoM

is month-over-month; compared to the same time period in the previous month.

As an initialism MOM

is initialism of message-oriented middleware|lang=en hardware or software infrastructure supporting sending and receiving of messages between distributed systems.

As an acronym SON is

supraOptic Nucleus.

As an abbreviation SON is

sonora, a state of Mexico.

mom

English

Alternative forms

* mam * Mom * mum, Mum (qualifier)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, West Midlands, colloquial, familiar) mother, momma.

    • Usage notes

    * "Mom" is capitalized when used as a proper noun, but not when used as a common noun: *: I think Mom likes my new car. *: I think my mom will like you.

    See also

    * Mother’s Day *

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    son

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia son) (en noun)
  • A male child, a boy or man in relation to his parents; one's male offspring.
    • The Chinese and Indians say all too often: "I want a son , not a daughter."
  • A male adopted person in relation to his adoption parents.
  • A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.
  • A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.
    • He was a son of the mafia system.
  • A male descendant.
    • The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.
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  • (UK, colloquial)

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * (with regards to gender) daughter * (with regards to ancestry) father, mother, parent

    Hypernyms

    * child

    Derived terms

    * bachelor's son * favorite son/favourite son * grandfather-father-son * grandson * * mother's son * prodigal son * son-in-law * sonny * son of a bitch * son of a gun * son of a whore * son of privilege * son of the manse * stepson * whoreson

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