Maternal vs. Paternal

Maternaladjective

Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother, motherly.

Maternaladjective

Related through the mother, or her side of the family.

Maternaladjective

Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.

Maternaladjective

Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.

Maternaladjective

characteristic of a mother;

Maternaladjective

relating to or derived from one's mother;

Maternaladjective

relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;

Maternaladjective

related on the mother's side;

Maternaladjective

relating to a mother, especially during pregnancy or shortly after childbirth

Maternaladjective

(of feelings) typical of a caring mother; motherly

Maternaladjective

related through the mother's side of the family

Paternaladjective

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

Paternaladjective

Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

Paternaladjective

Received or inherited from one's father.

Paternaladjective

Acting as a father

Paternaladjective

Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.

Paternaladjective

Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.

Paternaladjective

belonging to or inherited from one's father;

Paternaladjective

characteristic of a father

Paternaladjective

relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;

Paternaladjective

related on the father's side;