Godfather vs Aunt - What's the difference?
godfather | aunt |
A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
A small post which is used in repairing a fence. For instance attached to and supporting an existing broken fence post.
A mafia leader.
(transitive, often, figuratively) To act as godfather to.
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=August 3, author=John F. Burns, title=At Hussein Grave, Legend Lives as Fury Simmers, work=New York Times
, passage=The grave site, humble as it is, reflects something more than a hometown’s determination to honor a fallen son, something that seems irreducible in the politics of Iraq: the refusal of the Sunni minority, who ruled Iraq for centuries until Mr. Hussein’s overthrow, to reconcile themselves to the assumption of power by the Shiite majority who won elections godfathered by the American occupation authority. }}
A sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.
* 2007 , Nancy Eshelman, A Piece of My Mind: Columns from the Patriot-News , page 35:
(also'' great-aunt ''or grandaunt) A person's grandparent's sister or sister-in-law.
(usually auntie) A grandmother.
An affectionate term for a woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin.
1000 English basic words
As nouns the difference between godfather and aunt
is that godfather is a man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child while aunt is a sister or sister-in-law of someone’s parent.As a verb godfather
is (transitive|often|figuratively) to act as godfather to.godfather
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aunt
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(en noun)- I mentioned another aunt , my late mother's sister, who's about the same age.
