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Parenthood vs Paren - What's the difference?

parenthood | paren |

As nouns the difference between parenthood and paren

is that parenthood is the state of being a parent while paren is (informal) a parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).

parenthood

English

Noun

(-)
  • The state of being a parent

    • Hyponyms

    * fatherhood * motherhood

    Anagrams

    * English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    paren

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) A parenthesis (bracket used to enclose parenthetical material in text).
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