maternity vs eccyesis

eccyesis vs maternity

maternity and eccyesis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maternity	Yes	No	No	No
eccyesis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, eccyesis is a hyponym of maternity; that is, eccyesis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than maternity:

maternity: the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
eccyesis: pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

Other hyponyms of maternity include trouble, gravidation, gravidity, gravidness, gravida, para, parity, ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis, entopic pregnancy, placenta previa.

maternity (noun)	eccyesis (noun)
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother	pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus

Difference between maternity and eccyesis

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