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Grandmother vs Giraffe - What's the difference?

grandmother | giraffe |

As nouns the difference between grandmother and giraffe

is that grandmother is a mother of someone's parent while giraffe is a ruminant, of the genus Giraffa, of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns.

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)

    giraffe

    English

    (wikipedia giraffe) (Giraffa)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ruminant, of the genus Giraffa , of the African savannah with long legs and highly elongated neck, which make it the tallest living animal; yellow fur patterned with dark spots, often in the form of a network; and two or more short, skin-covered horns.
  • (Cockney rhyming slang) A laugh.
  • Are you having a giraffe ?!

    Synonyms

    * camelopard * (a laugh) bubble bath, bubble

    Derived terms

    * giraffe weevil * Kilimanjaro giraffe * Kordofan giraffe * Masai giraffe * Nigerian giraffe * Nubian giraffe * Rhodesian giraffe * smoky giraffe * Somali giraffe * South African giraffe * Rothschild giraffe * Ugandan giraffe

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