jocasta

As a noun terms

is .

As a proper noun jocasta is

(greek mythology) the mother and wife of oedipus.

In greek mythology terms the difference between oedipus and jocasta

is that oedipus is a son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother while jocasta is the mother and wife of Oedipus.

As a noun wife

is a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

As a proper noun jocasta is

(greek mythology) the mother and wife of oedipus.

As proper nouns the difference between mother and jocasta

is that mother is one's mother while Jocasta is the mother and wife of Oedipus.

As a noun mother

is a (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.

As a verb mother

is to treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.