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Grandparent vs Patrial - What's the difference?

grandparent | patrial |

As nouns the difference between grandparent and patrial

is that grandparent is the parent of someone's parent while patrial is (uk) one who has the right of abode in the united kingdom by having a british parent or grandparent.

As an adjective patrial is

(grammar|latin|of a noun) derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.

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

    patrial

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (grammar, Latin, of a noun) Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile.
  • (UK) Relating to the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) One who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom by having a British parent or grandparent

    • Anagrams

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