Difference between Parental and Paternal

What is the difference between Parental and Paternal?

Parental as an adjective is of, or related to a parent while Paternal as an adjective is of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family; as, "paternal grandfather" (one's father's father).

Parental

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, or related to a parent of the generation of organisms that produce a hybrid

Example sentence: My kids are in front of the computer 24x7 despite having all the parental control. There is no way to stop the flow of information. The flow of information is too fast and too much.

Paternal

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family; as, "paternal grandfather" (one's father's father).Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.Received or inherited from one's father.Acting as a father; as in "paternal filicide" (murder of a son committed by his father).

Example sentence: Being a mother is complicated because it's not just a paternal culture making demands on you; it's those internal demands and expectations that women have and are self-generated.

We hope you now know whether to use Parental or Paternal in your sentence.

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