The difference between Granddaughter and Grandfather

When used as nouns, granddaughter means the daughter of someone's child, whereas grandfather means a father of someone's parent.


Grandfather is also verb with the meaning: to retain existing laws or rules only for people or organizations previously affected by them, and to apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.

check bellow for the other definitions of Granddaughter and Grandfather

  1. Granddaughter as a noun:

    The daughter of someone's child.

  1. Grandfather as a noun:

    A father of someone's parent.

  2. Grandfather as a noun (by extension):

    A male forefather.

  1. Grandfather as a verb (intransitive, law):

    To retain existing laws or rules only for people or organizations previously affected by them, and to apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.

  2. Grandfather as a verb (transitive, law):

    To retain existing laws or rules for (a person or organization previously affected by them).