maternity vs para

para vs maternity

maternity and para both are nouns.

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

As nouns, para is a hyponym of maternity; that is, para 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
para: (obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered

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

maternity (noun)	para (noun)
the quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother	a soldier in the paratroops
the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother	100 para equal 1 dinar in Yugoslavia
the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus	(obstetrics) the number of liveborn children a woman has delivered

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