Difference between Materfamilias and Matriarch

What is the difference between Materfamilias and Matriarch?

Materfamilias as a noun is the female head of a household while Matriarch as a noun is a female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.

Materfamilias

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The female head of a household

Matriarch

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group.A female founder of a political or religious movement, an organization or an enterprise.

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