As nouns the difference between grandfather and grandfathering
is that grandfather is a father of someone’s parent while grandfathering is exemption from new legislation or regulations.
As verbs the difference between grandfather and grandfathering
is that grandfather is to retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations while grandfathering is present participle of grandfather.
grandfather
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A father of someone’s parent.
(by extension) A male forefather.
Synonyms
* granddad, grandad, grandaddy
* grandsire
* grandpa, granpa, grandpappy, granpappy, gramps
* eldfather/elderfather
* pops
Antonyms
* (with regard to gender) grandmother
* (with regard to ancestry) grandson, granddaughter, grandchild
Hyponyms
* paternal grandfather
* maternal grandfather
Hypernyms
* grandparent
Derived terms
* grandfather clock
* grandfather clause
* great grandfather, great-grandfather
Etymology 2
From (m). See etymology 1 and (m).
Verb
(
en verb)
To retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.
grandfathering
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(-)
Exemption from new legislation or regulations.
*2011 , (Steven Pinker), The Better Angels of Our Nature , Penguin 2012, p. 311:
*:The grandfathering of boundaries has been, on average, a pacifying development […].
