Difference between Maternal and Motherly

MATERNAL vs MOTHERLY: ADJECTIVE

Befitting a mother; warm and nurturing
Of, like, or appropriate to a mother.
Showing the affection of a mother.
Of or pertaining to a mother; like, or suitable for, a mother; tender; maternal.
Befitting a mother, warm, caring, nurturing, protective, loving.

Synonyms Parental, etc. See motherly.
Of or pertaining to the country of one's birth; native; vernacular.
Coming from or through a mother; imparted by or connected with one's mother: as, a maternal inheritance; a maternal uncle or cousin; maternal ancestry or lineage.
Relating to or consisting of mothers; concerning the state of motherhood: as, a maternal association; a maternal hospital.
Pertaining to a mother or to motherhood; proper to a mother; motherly: as, maternal love or authority; maternal pains or cares.

In the manner of a mother.
Pertaining to a mother: as, motherly power or authority.
Becoming or characteristic of a mother; tender; parental; affectionate: as, motherly love or care.
Like a mother.
Synonyms Motherly, Maternal, Parental. The same distinction holds between the Anglo-Saxon word and the Latin ones in this list that is found in the words compared under brotherly and under fatherly.
Befitting a mother
Warm and nurturing
In a maternal manner
As a mother

Mothers, Obstetric, Breastfeeding, Postnatal, Childbirth, Reproductive, Motherlike, Maternalistic, Enatic, Enate, Related, Motherly, Parental, Paternal, Paternal

Matriarchal, Affectionate, Girlish, Feminine, Daughterly, Sisterly, Wifely, Womanly, Matronly, Paternal, Grandmotherly, Fatherly, Dirty, Maternal, Maternally

Maternity, Mothers, Obstetric, Breastfeeding, Postnatal, Childbirth, Reproductive, Motherlike, Maternalistic, Enatic, Related, Motherly, Parental, Paternal, Paternal

Queenly, Matriarchal, Affectionate, Girlish, Feminine, Daughterly, Sisterly, Wifely, Womanly, Matronly, Paternal, Grandmotherly, Fatherly, Dirty, Maternal

Webber L, Hill C, Cooke L, Carnell S, Waand maternal feeding styles are mediated by maternal perceptions and concerns.
Maternal obesity, maternal overnutrition and fetal programming: effect of epigenetic mechanisms on the development of metabolic disorders.
Maternal Weight Gain: A Report of an Expert Work Group Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health.
HAPO also highlighted the relevance of hyperglycemia to maternal fetal outcome, independent of maternal obesity.
Maternal global DNA methylation levels were associated with maternal hostility, interpersonal sensitivity, psychoticism, and general severity index.
Block Grant, HRSA has constructed two National Outcome Measures that address maternal mortality and severe maternal morbidity.
Both maternal undernutrition and low maternal education are related to poorer nutritional status in offspring.
Allocation will be by minimisation, controlling for maternal age, maternal depression and study site.
Potential contribution of maternal zinc supplementation during pregnancy to maternal and child survival.
Maternal health innovations address the issue of maternal mortality and offer solutions to improve maternal health.

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