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Godchild vs Grandchild - What's the difference?

godchild | grandchild |

As nouns the difference between godchild and grandchild

is that godchild is a child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent in some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew while grandchild is a child of someone's child.

godchild

English

Noun

(godchildren)
  • A child whose baptism is sponsored by a godparent. In some cases the relationship is maintained indefinitely, with the godchild being treated much like a niece or nephew.
  • Mary stood as godmother for little Arny, her godchild .

    Synonyms

    * godkid

    grandchild

    Noun

    (grandchildren)
  • A child of someone's child.
  • * 1912 , :
  • ...he fell into amazement when he thought of the Herculean labours those fifteen pairs of hands had performed: of the cows they had milked, the butter they had made, the gardens they had planted, the children and grandchildren they had tended, the brooms they had worn out, the mountains of food they had cooked. It made him dizzy.

    Hyponyms

    * granddaughter * grandson

    Antonyms

    * (with regard to ancestry) grandparent