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Godbrother vs Godsister - What's the difference?

godbrother | godsister | coordinate terms |

Godsister is a coordinate term of godbrother.



As nouns the difference between godbrother and godsister

is that godbrother is the son of one's godparent while godsister is the daughter of one's godparent.

godbrother

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The son of one's godparent.
  • * 2008 , Sharon Cheston, Faded Rainbows: Psychospiritual Therapeutic Journeys , iUniverse (2008), ISBN 9780595530953, page 29:
  • I got excited at the prospect of even more fun in this wonderful house with my godbrothers .
  • * 2010 , Wes Moore, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates , Spiegel & Grau (2010), ISBN 9780385528191, page 97:
  • Wes and his godbrother , Red, moved toward the cheese bus as it slowly rolled to a stop in Dundee Village.
  • * 2013 , J. W. Wiley, The Nigger in You: Challenging Dysfunctional Language, Engaging Leadership Moments , Stylus (2013), ISBN 9781579229856, page 35:
  • Her worldview may also be favorably tweaked by her having a godbrother with cerebral palsy.

    Coordinate terms

    * godsister

    godsister

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The daughter of one's godparent.
  • * 2005 , Diane Ehrensaft, Mommies, daddies, donors, surrogates
  • Let's go back to the thirteen-year-old girl introduced in Chapter 8 who found out her godsister was her half sister.
  • * 2007 , Cynthia Cole Robinson, From the classroom to the corner
  • Before she met the man who became and remains her pimp, she was selling drugs with her godsister ; he was one of their clients.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 23, author=Katie Zezima, title=Leah Squires and Eric Traub, work=New York Times citation
  • , passage=What seemed a promising turn in their relationship was dashed when he began introducing her to his friends as his godsister . }}

    Coordinate terms

    * godbrother