Pops vs Grandpa - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between pops and grandpa

is that pops is father, dad while grandpa is grandfather.

is third-person singular of pop.

From papa 'dad'

(head)

(informal, usually, as a form of address) Father, dad.

Hey, pops , I'm home.

(informal, usually, as a form of address) By extension, another man old enough to be the speaker's father.

Unless the person addressed this way is very close, this can be very disrespectful and belittling.

onomatopoeia

(head)

(the sound and related meanings)

(head)

(pop)

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(wikipedia grandpa)

(en noun)

(informal) grandfather