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Granny vs Ranny - What's the difference?

granny | ranny |

As a proper noun granny

is (colloquial) one's grandma.

As a noun ranny is

(obsolete|outside|dialects) a shrew (in the sense of the mouselike animal).

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

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    ranny

    English

    Noun

    (rannies)
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) A shrew (in the sense of the mouselike animal).
  • * 1646 , Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica , XVIII:
    • instead of a caligation or dimness, we conclude a cecity or blindness. Which hath been frequently inferred concerning other Animals, so some affirm the Water-Rat is blind, so Sammonicus'' and ''Nicander do call the Mus-Araneus, the shrew or Ranny , blind [...].

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