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Dad vs Oldman - What's the difference?

dad | oldman |

As nouns the difference between dad and oldman

is that dad is a father, a male parent while oldman is an old man.

As a proper noun Dad

is one's father.

As an initialism DAD

is a designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating that the contents were recorded in digital but mixed in analog before being mastered to a digital medium; compare AAD, ADD, DDD.

dad

English

(wikipedia dad)

Alternative forms

* , Dad

Noun

(en noun)
  • (label) A father, a male parent.
  • (label) (non-gloss definition, Used to address one's father)
  • (label) (Used to address an older adult male)

    • Synonyms

    * (a father) * (sense, used to address one's father familiarly) dada, daddy, pa, Pa, papa, pop, Pop, , pappa, pater, paw * (used to address an older adult male) daddio, pop, pops

    Related terms

    {{rel3, dada , daddio , daddy , granddad , grandpappy}}

    See also

    * mum, mom * sire

    Anagrams

    * English palindromes ----

    oldman

    English

    Noun

    (oldmen)
  • (nonstandard, proscribed) An old man.
  • * 1891 , Armenian popular songs, translated into English , page 64:
    • Our Lord an oldman with a white beard
    Seated in glory on the cross
  • * 1986 , A. R. Flowers, De mojo blues: de quest of HighJohn de conqueror , page 160:
    • One of the oldmen started jabbering, US number one, VC number ten thou . . .
  • * 2007 , Bijay Kumar Das, Critical essays on post-colonial literature , page 146:
    • The agony of an oldman for being neglected in the family and ill-treated by his daughter-in-law, abides.