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Grandchild vs Grandbaby - What's the difference?

grandchild | grandbaby |

As nouns the difference between grandchild and grandbaby

is that grandchild is a child of someone's child while grandbaby is a young grandchild.

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

    grandbaby

    English

    Noun

    (grandbabies)
  • (informal) A young grandchild.
  • Usage notes

    Formal alternative is “baby grandchild”, or simply “grandchild”, young age being understood.

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