The difference between Fraternal and Paternal

When used as adjectives, fraternal means of or pertaining to a or , whereas paternal means of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.


Fraternal is also noun with the meaning: a society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance.

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  1. Fraternal as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to a or .

  2. Fraternal as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to a .

  3. Fraternal as an adjective:

    Platonic or .

  4. Fraternal as an adjective (genetics):

    Of twins or embryos, produced from two different and , and genetically distinct.

  1. Fraternal as a noun:

    A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance.

  2. Fraternal as a noun:

    A fraternal twin.

  1. Paternal as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family

    Examples:

    "paternal grandfather"

  2. Paternal as an adjective:

    Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

  3. Paternal as an adjective:

    Received or inherited from one's father.

  4. Paternal as an adjective:

    Acting as a father

    Examples:

    "paternal filicide"

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