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Grandparent vs Grandparental - What's the difference?

grandparent | grandparental |

As a noun grandparent

is the parent of someone's parent.

As an adjective grandparental is

of or relating to a grandparent.

grandparent

English

(wikipedia grandparent)

Noun

(en noun)
  • the parent of someone's parent

    • Hyponyms

    * (by grandparent's gender ) grandmother, grandfather * (by parent's gender ) maternal grandmother, maternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, paternal grandfather

    Antonyms

    * (with regard to ancestry ) grandchild

    Derived terms

    * great grandparent * great great grandparent

    See also

    * mother * father

    grandparental

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of or relating to a grandparent

    • Synonyms

    *aval (rare) enate (maternal grandparents only)

    Hyponyms

    *(grandfather) grandfatherly, grandpaternal *(grandmother) grandmaternal, grandmotherly

    Anagrams

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