Grandfather vs Paternal - What's the difference?
grandfather | paternal |
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.
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
Received or inherited from one's father.
* Dryden
Acting as a father
As a noun grandfather
is a father of someone’s parent.As a verb 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 organisations.As a adjective paternal is
of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family; as , "paternal grandfather" (one's father's father).grandfather
English
Etymology 1
(wikipedia grandfather)Synonyms
* granddad, grandad, grandaddy * grandsire * grandpa, granpa, grandpappy, granpappy, gramps * eldfather/elderfather * popsAntonyms
* (with regard to gender) grandmother * (with regard to ancestry) grandson, granddaughter, grandchildHyponyms
* paternal grandfather * maternal grandfatherHypernyms
* grandparentDerived terms
* grandfather clock * grandfather clause * great grandfather, great-grandfatherEtymology 2
From (m). See etymology 1 and (m).Verb
(en verb)Derived terms
* (l) 1000 English basic wordspaternal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- paternal grandfather
- their small paternal field of corn
- paternal filicide