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Parents vs Orphanage - What's the difference?

parents | orphanage |

As nouns the difference between parents and orphanage

is that parents is while orphanage is a public institution for the care and protection of orphans.

As a verb parents

is (parent).

parents

English

Noun

(head)
    • I like hanging out with my parents , but my friends think it's weird.

    Synonyms

    * folks * parentals * old fogies * 'rents

    Verb

    (head)
  • (parent)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    orphanage

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia orphanage) (en noun)
  • A public institution for the care and protection of orphans.
  • (obsolete) Orphanhood; the state of being an orphan.

    • Synonyms

    * children's home * orphanarium

    References

    * (EtymOnLine)