Motherhood vs. Parenthood

Motherhoodnoun

The state of being a mother.

Parenthoodnoun

The state of being a parent

Motherhoodnoun

Mothers, considered as a group.

‘the nation's motherhood’;

Parenthoodnoun

The state of a parent; the office or character of a parent.

Motherhoodnoun

The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.

Parenthoodnoun

the state of being a parent;

‘to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man’;

Motherhoodnoun

the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother