Difference between Babyhood and Infancy

What is the difference between Babyhood and Infancy?

Babyhood as a noun is the state or period of infancy. while Infancy as a noun is the earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).

Babyhood

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The state or period of infancy.

Infancy

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).The state of being an infant.An early stage in the development of, eg, some technology.The state of being a minor.

Example sentence: My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness - as anyone who has experienced the ode to the Collyer brothers that is my 'Vogue' office will concur - began in infancy.

We hope you now know whether to use Babyhood or Infancy in your sentence.

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