Father vs. Grandfather

Fathernoun

A (generally human) male who begets a child.

Fathernoun

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

Fathernoun

A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

Fathernoun

A term of respectful address for a priest.

Fathernoun

A person who plays the role of a father in some way.

Fathernoun

The founder of a discipline or science.

Fathernoun

Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

Fathernoun

A senator of Ancient Rome.

Fatherverb

To be a father to; to sire.

Fatherverb

(figuratively) To give rise to.

Fatherverb

To act as a father; to support and nurture.

Fatherverb

To provide with a father.

Fatherverb

To adopt as one's own.

Fathernoun

One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.

Fathernoun

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor; a founder of a race or family; - in the plural, fathers, ancestors.

Fathernoun

One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.

Fathernoun

A respectful mode of address to an old man.

Fathernoun

A senator of ancient Rome.

Fathernoun

A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession, or of a legislative assembly, etc.

Fathernoun

One of the chief ecclesiastical authorities of the first centuries after Christ; - often spoken of collectively as the Fathers; as, the Latin, Greek, or apostolic Fathers.

Fathernoun

One who, or that which, gives origin; an originator; a producer, author, or contriver; the first to practice any art, profession, or occupation; a distinguished example or teacher.

Fathernoun

The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.

Fatherverb

To make one's self the father of; to beget.

Fatherverb

To take as one's own child; to adopt; hence, to assume as one's own work; to acknowledge one's self author of or responsible for (a statement, policy, etc.).

Fatherverb

To provide with a father.

Fathernoun

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);

Fathernoun

the founder of a family;

Fathernoun

`Father' is a term of address for priests in some churches (especially the Roman Catholic Church or the Orthodox Catholic Church); `Padre' is frequently used in the military

Fathernoun

(Christianity) any of about 70 theologians in the period from the 2nd to the 7th century whose writing established and confirmed official church doctrine; in the Roman Catholic Church some were later declared saints and became Doctor of the Church; the best known Lation Church Fathers are Ambrose, Augustine, Gregory the Great, and Jerome; those who wrote in Greek include Athanasius, Basil, Gregory Nazianzen, and John Chrysostom

Fathernoun

a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;

Fathernoun

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;

Fathernoun

a person who founds or establishes some institution;

Fathernoun

the head of an organized crime family

Fatherverb

make children;

Father

A father is the male parent of a child. Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations.

Grandfathernoun

A father of someone’s parent.

Grandfathernoun

(by extension) A male forefather.

Grandfatherverb

To retain existing laws or rules only for people or organizations previously affected by them, and to apply new laws or rules to the unaffected people or organizations.

Grandfatherverb

To retain existing laws or rules for (a person or organization previously affected by them).

Grandfathernoun

A father's or mother's father; an ancestor immediately after the father or mother in lineal ascent.

Grandfathernoun

the father of your father or mother

Grandfathernoun

the father of one's father or mother.

Grandfathernoun

the person who founded or originated something

Grandfatherverb

exempt (someone or something) from a new law or regulation