The difference between Father and Grandparent
When used as nouns, father means a (generally human) male who begets a child, whereas grandparent means the parent of someone's parent.
Father is also verb with the meaning: to be a father to.
check bellow for the other definitions of Father and Grandparent
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Father as a noun:
A (generally human) male who begets a child.
Examples:
"My father was a strong influence on me."
"My friend Tony just became a father."
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Father as a noun:
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
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Father as a noun:
Examples:
"Come, father; you can sit here."
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Father as a noun:
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Father as a noun:
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
Examples:
"My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced."
"The child is father to the man."
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Father as a noun:
The founder of a discipline or science.
Examples:
"Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics."
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Father as a noun:
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
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Father as a noun:
A senator of Ancient Rome.
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Father as a verb:
To be a father to; to sire.
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Father as a verb (figuratively):
To give rise to.
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Father as a verb:
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
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Father as a verb:
To provide with a father.
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Father as a verb:
To adopt as one's own.
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Grandparent as a noun:
the parent of someone's parent
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Grandparent as a verb:
Compare words:
Compare with synonyms and related words:
- father vs son
- daughter vs father
- child vs father
- father vs parent
- father vs mother
- father vs mother
- father vs grandfather
- father vs granddaddy
- grandchild vs grandparent
- grandmother vs grandparent
- grandfather vs grandparent
- grandparent vs maternal grandmother
- grandparent vs maternal grandfather
- grandparent vs paternal grandmother
- grandparent vs paternal grandfather
- grandparent vs mother
- father vs grandparent