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Paternal vs Juventas - What's the difference?

paternal | juventas |

As an adjective paternal

is of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.

As a noun juventas is

or juventas can be .

paternal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
    • paternal grandfather
  • Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
  • Received or inherited from one's father.
  • * Dryden
    • their small paternal field of corn
  • Acting as a father
    • paternal filicide

    Derived terms

    * paternalism * paternalistic * paternally * paternal aunt * paternal cousin * paternal grandfather * paternal grandmother * paternal uncle

    Antonyms

    * maternal – mother

    Coordinate terms

    * avuncular – uncle * maternal – mother * materteral – aunt

    Anagrams

    * ----

    juventas

    English

    (wikipedia Juventas)

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Roman god) The goddess of youth, and a daughter of Jupiter and Juno. Juventas was the cupbearer of the gods until she married her paternal halfbrother, Hercules, whith whom she had twin sons, Alexiares and Anicetus. She is the Roman counterpart of Hebe.

    • Derived terms

    * juvenile * juvenile detention facility