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Parentage vs Filiation - What's the difference?

parentage | filiation |

As nouns the difference between parentage and filiation

is that parentage is of or pertaining to one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth while filiation is (uncountable) the condition of being a child of a specified parent.

parentage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Of or pertaining to one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
  • The social quality of your class in society.
  • * 1608 , Shakespeare, Pericles , Act 5, Scene 1:
    • My fortunes -- parentage -- good parentage -- To equal mine! -- was it not thus? What say you?
  • origin; derivation

    • Related terms

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    filiation

    English

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent
  • (countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline
  • (countable, legal) The determination of paternity