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Prenatal vs Parental - What's the difference?

prenatal | parental |

Parental is a anagram of prenatal.



As adjectives the difference between prenatal and parental

is that prenatal is being or happening before birth while parental is of or relating to a parent.

As a noun parental is

a person fulfilling a parental role.

prenatal

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Being or happening before birth.

    • Synonyms

    * antenatal

    Related terms

    * natal * perinatal * postnatal

    Anagrams

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    parental

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • of or relating to a parent
  • (genetics) of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid

    • Related terms

    * parental control * parental duty * parental home * parental leave

    See also

    * paternal * maternal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person fulfilling a parental role.
    • 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.

    Anagrams

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