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What is the difference between aunt and uncle?

aunt | uncle | Antonyms |

Uncle is a antonym of aunt.



As nouns the difference between aunt and uncle

is that aunt is a sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent while uncle is a brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent.

As an interjection uncle is

a cry used to indicate surrender.

aunt

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.
  • * 2007 , Nancy Eshelman, A Piece of My Mind: Columns from the Patriot-News , page 35:
    • I mentioned another aunt , my late mother's sister, who's about the same age.
  • (also'' great-aunt ''or grandaunt) A person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
  • (usually auntie) A grandmother.
  • An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.

    • Antonyms

    * (with regard to gender) uncle * (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew

    Hyponyms

    * (qualifier, sister of someone's father) paternal aunt * (qualifier, sister of someone's mother) maternal aunt

    Derived terms

    * Auntie * auntie, aunty * agony aunt * big auntie * great-aunt * grandaunt * little auntie * mine aunt * naunt

    See also

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * (l)

    References

    1000 English basic words

    uncle

    English

    (wikipedia uncle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent.
  • :
  • *
  • *:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
  • (lb) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
  • (lb) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
  • A pawnbroker.
  • :(Thackeray)
  • A close male friend of the parents of a family.
  • an older male African-American person

    • Synonyms

    * (sense) (l), (l)

    Antonyms

    * (with regard to gender) aunt * (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew * (African-American) boy * (India) aunty

    Hyponyms

    * paternal uncle * maternal uncle * (uncle gained by marriage) uncle-in-law

    Derived terms

    * agony uncle * Bob's your uncle * cry uncle * Dutch uncle * grand-uncle * great-uncle, great uncle * holler uncle * I'll be a monkey's uncle * nuncle * say uncle * Uncle Sam * Uncle Scrooge * Uncle Tom

    Related terms

    * avuncular

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • A cry used to indicate surrender.

    • References

    * [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=uncle&searchmode=none] * " uncle" in Merriam-Webster 1000 English basic words ----