Maternity vs. Paternity

Maternitynoun

The state of being a mother; motherhood.

Maternitynoun

The state of being pregnant; pregnancy.

Maternitynoun

A ward or department in a hospital in which babies are born.

Maternitynoun

The state of being a mother; motherhood.

Maternitynoun

The character of a mother; maternal quality; motherliness.

Maternitynoun

The maternity ward; the maternity department of a hospital.

Maternityadjective

Of or pertaining to childbirth or the period during which a woman is pregnant; as, maternity care; a maternity hospital.

Maternityadjective

For use during pregnancy; as, a maternity outfit.

Maternitynoun

the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

Maternitynoun

the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

Maternitynoun

the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother;

Paternitynoun

fatherhood, being a father

Paternitynoun

parental descent from a father

Paternitynoun

(legal) legal acknowledgement of a man's fatherhood of a child

Paternitynoun

(figuratively) authorship

Paternitynoun

The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.

Paternitynoun

Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.

Paternitynoun

Origin; authorship.

Paternitynoun

the state of being a father;

Paternitynoun

the kinship relation between an offspring and the father

Paternitynoun

the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing;