Christening vs Godmother - What's the difference?
christening | godmother |
The Christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a Christian name.
Any instance of someone's or something's being christened.
A woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
To act as godmother to.
* 1909 , H. G. Wells, Tono-Bungay
As nouns the difference between christening and godmother
is that christening is the christian sacrament at which someone, usually a child, is baptized and given a christian name while godmother is a woman present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a christian manner; a female godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.As verbs the difference between christening and godmother
is that christening is (christen) while godmother is to act as godmother to.christening
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(en noun)Verb
(head)godmother
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(en noun)Synonyms
* co-mother * cummerVerb
(en verb)- The servants took to her – as they say – she godmothered three Susans during her rule, the coachman's, the gardener's and the Up Hill gamekeeper's.
