relationship vs maternity

maternity vs relationship

relationship and maternity both are nouns.

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

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

relationship: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption
maternity: the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother

Other hyponyms of relationship include affinity, phylogenetic relation, descent, filiation, line of descent, lineage, affinity, blood kinship, cognation, consanguinity, birth, parentage, fatherhood, paternity, motherhood, sisterhood, sistership, brotherhood, marital bed, marital relationship.

relationship (noun)	maternity (noun)
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 quality of having or showing the tenderness and warmth and affection of or befitting a mother
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)	the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Difference between relationship and maternity

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