Paternal vs. Daddyish — What's the Difference?

Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood; fatherly.

A father.

Received or inherited from a father

(informal) Resembling or characteristic of a father; paternal.

Related through one's father

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

Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.

Received or inherited from one's father.

Acting as a father.

Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.

Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.

Belonging to or inherited from one's father;

Characteristic of a father

Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;

Related on the father's side;