relationship vs paternity

paternity vs relationship

relationship and paternity both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

relationship (noun)	paternity (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 act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
(anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption	the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
a state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection)	the state of being a father
a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries

Difference between relationship and paternity

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