The difference between Grandfather and Niece

When used as nouns, grandfather means a father of someone's parent, whereas niece means a daughter of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law.

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.

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  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).

  1. Niece as a noun:

    A daughter of one's sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").

    Examples:

    "My niece just celebrated her 15th birthday."

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