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Grandchildren vs Granddaughter - What's the difference?

grandchildren | granddaughter |

As nouns the difference between grandchildren and granddaughter

is that grandchildren is irregular plural of grandchild while granddaughter is the daughter of someone's child.

grandchildren

English

Noun

(head)
  • (grandchild)

    • grandchild

    English

    (wikipedia 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

    granddaughter

    English

    (wikipedia granddaughter)

    Alternative forms

    * grandaughter

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The daughter of someone's child.

    • Synonyms

    * grandgirl

    Antonyms

    * (with regard to gender) grandson * (with regard to ancestry) grandmother, grandfather

    Hypernyms

    * grandchild