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Granddaddy vs. Grandfather

Difference Between Granddaddy and Grandfather

Granddaddy

A grandfather.
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Grandfather

the father of one's father or mother.
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Granddaddy

One that is the first, oldest, or most respected of its kind
the granddaddy of modern computers.
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Grandfather

exempt (someone or something) from a new law or regulation
smokers who worked here before the ban have been grandfathered
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Granddaddy

(informal) A grandfather.
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Grandfather

The father of one's mother or father.
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Granddaddy

(informal) Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
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Grandfather

A forefather; an ancestor.
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Granddaddy

the father of your father or mother
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Grandfather

To exempt (someone or something) from a new regulation that prohibits or restricts something
The new ordinance restricts the size of billboards, but it grandfathers those erected before 1997.
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Grandfather

A father of someone's parent.
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Grandfather

(by extension) A male forefather.
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Grandfather

(computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
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Grandfather

(transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.
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Grandfather

To retain discontinued laws or rules for (a thing, person or organization previously affected by them).
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Grandfather

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

the father of your father or mother
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