Uncle vs Grandfather - What's the difference?
uncle | grandfather |
A brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent.
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*:And it was while all were passionately intent upon the pleasing and snake-like progress of their uncle that a young girl in furs, ascending the stairs two at a time, peeped perfunctorily into the nursery as she passed the hallway—and halted amazed.
(lb) A companion to one's (usually unmarried) mother.
(lb) A source of advice, encouragement, or help.
A pawnbroker.
:(Thackeray)
A close male friend of the parents of a family.
an older male African-American person
To retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.
As nouns the difference between uncle and grandfather
is that uncle is a brother or brother-in-law of someone’s parent while grandfather is a father of someone’s parent.As an interjection uncle
is a cry used to indicate surrender.As a verb grandfather is
to retain existing laws or rules only for those people or organisations that were previously affected by them, and apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.uncle
English
(wikipedia uncle)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* (sense) (l), (l)Antonyms
* (with regard to gender) aunt * (with regard to ancestry) niece, nephew * (African-American) boy * (India) auntyHyponyms
* paternal uncle * maternal uncle * (uncle gained by marriage) uncle-in-lawDerived terms
* agony uncle * Bob's your uncle * cry uncle * Dutch uncle * grand-uncle * great-uncle, great uncle * holler uncle * I'll be a monkey's uncle * nuncle * say uncle * Uncle Sam * Uncle Scrooge * Uncle TomReferences
* [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=uncle&searchmode=none] * "uncle" in Merriam-Webster 1000 English basic words ----