parentage vs relationship

relationship vs parentage

parentage and relationship both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
parentage	Yes	No	No	No
relationship	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, relationship is a hypernym of parentage; that is, relationship is a word with a broader meaning than parentage:

parentage: the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

Other hypernyms of parentage include family relationship, kinship.

parentage (noun)	relationship (noun)
the hereditary derivation of an individual	a relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness)
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents	(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
the state of being a parent	a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)
	a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Difference between parentage and relationship

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