As nouns the difference between grandfather and stepmother
is that grandfather is a father of someone’s parent while stepmother is the wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
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 organizations.
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.
stepmother
English
Noun
(
en noun)
The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
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*1974 , Thomas Teal, translating Tove Jansson, The Summer Book , Sort Of Books 2003, p. 115:
*:The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother , or love-in-idelness.
Usage notes
In Western heterosexual couples, this is typically after after the divorce or death of the birth mother; in polygamous marriages and lesbian couples, the term may be used for co-mother or nonbirth mother
Synonyms
* stepmom
Hypernyms
* stepparent
See also
*
* ex-stepfather
* ex-stepmother
* ex-stepparent
* stepbrother
* stepchild
* stepdaughter
* stepfamily
* stepfather
* stepparent
* stepsibling
* stepsister
* stepson
