maternity vs ectopic gestation

ectopic gestation vs maternity

maternity and ectopic gestation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
maternity	Yes	No	No	No
ectopic gestation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ectopic gestation is a hyponym of maternity; that is, ectopic gestation 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
ectopic gestation: pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

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

maternity (noun)	ectopic gestation (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 ectopic gestation

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