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Stepmother vs Stepgrandfather - What's the difference?

stepmother | stepgrandfather |

As nouns the difference between stepmother and stepgrandfather

is that stepmother is the wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother while stepgrandfather is the stepfather of one's mother or father.

stepmother

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The wife of one's biological father, other than one's biological mother.
  • A viola, especially Viola tricolor , heartsease.
  • *1974 , Thomas Teal, translating Tove Jansson, The Summer Book , Sort Of Books 2003, p. 115:
  • *:The second came up about ten days later in the lee of the channel marker, and it was called stepmother , or love-in-idelness.

    • Usage notes

    In Western heterosexual couples, this is typically after after the divorce or death of the birth mother; in polygamous marriages and lesbian couples, the term may be used for co-mother or nonbirth mother

    Synonyms

    * stepmom

    Hypernyms

    * stepparent

    See also

    * * ex-stepfather * ex-stepmother * ex-stepparent * stepbrother * stepchild * stepdaughter * stepfamily * stepfather * stepparent * stepsibling * stepsister * stepson

    stepgrandfather

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The stepfather of one's mother or father.
  • The father of one's stepmother or stepfather.

    • Related terms

    * stepgrandmother