Parents vs Parental - What's the difference?
parents | parental |
(parent)
of or relating to a parent
(genetics) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid
A person fulfilling a parental role.
As nouns the difference between parents and parental
is that parents is plural of lang=en while parental is a person fulfilling a parental role.As a verb parents
is third-person singular of parent.As an adjective parental is
of or relating to a parent.parents
English
Noun
(head)- I like hanging out with my parents , but my friends think it's weird.
Synonyms
* folks * parentals * old fogies * 'rentsVerb
(head)Anagrams
* ----parental
English
Adjective
(en adjective)See also
* paternal * maternalNoun
(en noun)- Nowadays there are all kinds of potential parentals besides parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, step-parents, in-laws, older siblings and cousins, and those in civil unions.