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Babushka vs Granny - What's the difference?

babushka | granny |

As a noun babushka

is an old woman.

As a proper noun granny is

(colloquial) one's grandma.

babushka

English

(wikipedia babushka)

Alternative forms

* babooshka, baboushka

Noun

(en noun)
  • An old woman.
  • A woman’s headscarf, tied under the chin.
  • *1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 78:
  • *:The crowd falls silent, momentarily stunned, while a heavyset woman in a babushka pushes her way through, broadcasting the news […].
  • Russian doll, matryoshka (mistranslation )

    • granny

    English

    Alternative forms

    grannie (less common )

    Noun

    (grannies)
  • (colloquial) A grandmother.
    • I'm going to be a granny .
  • (colloquial, derogatory) An elderly woman.
    • There are too many grannies around here getting in the way.

    Synonyms

    * (grandmother) gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny * (elderly woman) old dear

    Derived terms

    * granny knot

    Adjective

    (-)
  • typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.
    • granny dress''; ''granny glasses

    Anagrams

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