Fanny vs Granny - What's the difference?
fanny | granny |
* 1883 , Heart and Science , Chatto and Windus, page 227:
(colloquial) A grandmother.
(colloquial, derogatory) An elderly woman.
typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.
As proper nouns the difference between fanny and granny
is that fanny is A diminutive of Frances, also used as a female given name.Granny is one's grandma.As nouns the difference between fanny and granny
is that fanny is the female genitalia while granny is a grandmother.As an adjective granny is
typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.fanny
English
Alternative forms
* (l)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- "My name is Frances. Don't call me Fanny'!" "Why not?" "Because it's too absurd to be endured! What does the mere sound of ' Fanny suggest? A flirting dancing creature - plump and fair, and playful and pretty!"
granny
English
Alternative forms
grannie (less common )Noun
(grannies)- I'm going to be a granny .
- There are too many grannies around here getting in the way.
Synonyms
* (grandmother) gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny * (elderly woman) old dearDerived terms
* granny knotAdjective
(-)- granny dress''; ''granny glasses