Paternal vs. Fraternal — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Paternal and Fraternal
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Paternal
Relating to or characteristic of a father or fatherhood; fatherly.
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Fraternal
Of or relating to brothers
A close fraternal tie.
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Paternal
Received or inherited from a father
A paternal trait.
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Fraternal
Showing comradeship; brotherly.
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Paternal
Related through one's father
My paternal aunt.
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Fraternal
Of or constituting a fraternity
A fraternal association.
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Paternal
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family.
Paternal grandfather
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Fraternal
Roman Catholic Church Of or constituting a mendicant order such as the Dominicans or Franciscans.
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Paternal
Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
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Fraternal
(Biology) Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic.
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Paternal
Received or inherited from one's father.
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Fraternal
Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.
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Paternal
Acting as a father.
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Fraternal
Of or pertaining to a fraternity.
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Paternal
Of or pertaining to a father; fatherly; showing the disposition of a father; guiding or instructing as a father; as, paternal care.
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Fraternal
Platonic or friendly.
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Paternal
Received or derived from a father; hereditary; as, a paternal estate.
Their small paternal field of corn.
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Fraternal
(genetics) Of twins or embryos, produced from two different eggs and sperm, and genetically distinct.
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Paternal
Belonging to or inherited from one's father;
Spent his childhood on the paternal farm
Paternal traits
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Fraternal
A society formed to provide mutual aid, such as insurance.
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Paternal
Characteristic of a father
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Fraternal
A fraternal twin.
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Paternal
Relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent;
Parental guidance
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Fraternal
Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.
An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war.
Fraternal love and friendship.
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Paternal
Related on the father's side;
A paternal aunt
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Fraternal
Of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men;
A fraternal order
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Fraternal
(of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova;
Fraternal twins are biovular
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Fraternal
Like or characteristic of or befitting a brother;
Brotherly feelings
Close fraternal ties
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