Granny vs Grannies - What's the difference?
granny | grannies |
(colloquial) A grandmother.
(colloquial, derogatory) An elderly woman.
typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.
As nouns the difference between granny and grannies
is that granny is a grandmother while grannies is plural of lang=en.As an adjective granny
is typically or stereotypically old-fashioned, especially in clothing and accessories worn by or associated with elderly women.As a proper noun Granny
is one's grandma.granny
English
Alternative forms
grannie (less common )Noun
(grannies)- I'm going to be a granny .
- There are too many grannies around here getting in the way.
Synonyms
* (grandmother) gran, grandma, nan, nanna, nanny * (elderly woman) old dearDerived terms
* granny knotAdjective
(-)- granny dress''; ''granny glasses