The difference between Mamma and Mommy

When used as nouns, mamma means the milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat, whereas mommy means mother.


Mommy is also adjective with the meaning: characteristic of a mother.

check bellow for the other definitions of Mamma and Mommy

  1. Mamma as a noun (anatomy):

    The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.

  2. Mamma as a noun (meteorology):

    an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

  1. Mamma as a noun:

    mother.

  1. Mommy as a noun (US, Canada, usually, childish):

    Mother.

  1. Mommy as an adjective (US, Canada, rare, informal, chiefly, in the superlative):

    Characteristic of a mother; motherly.

    Examples:

    "She is the mommiest of mommies."

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