maternity vs ectopic pregnancy

ectopic pregnancy vs maternity

maternity and ectopic pregnancy both are nouns.

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

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

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

maternity (noun)	ectopic pregnancy (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 pregnancy

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