Grandmother vs Grandmaternal - What's the difference?

grandmother | grandmaternal |


As a noun grandmother

is a mother of someone's parent.

As an adjective grandmaternal is

of or relating to a grandmother.

grandmother

English

(wikipedia grandmother)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mother of someone's parent.
  • A female ancestor or progenitor.

    • Synonyms

    * (sense, mother of someone's parent) baba (loanword from Eastern Europe), gammy, gram, gramma, gran, grandma, grandmom, granny, eldmother/eldermother, mimi, nan (British slang), nanna, nanny, Mamaw

    Antonyms

    * (with regard to gender) grandfather * (with regard to ancestry) granddaughter, grandson, grandchild

    Hyponyms

    * (l) * (l)

    Hypernyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    grandmaternal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of or relating to a grandmother