What's the difference between grandaunt and granduncle?

Grandaunt


Definition:

  • (n.) The aunt of one's father or mother.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A maternal grandaunt also had preaxial polydactyly of the feet.
  • (2) Family history in one patient showed presence of abnormal hand movements, increasing spasticity and psychomotor retardation in a paternal great grandaunt who died at 7 years.

Granduncle


Definition:

  • (n.) A father's or mother's uncle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One of her most striking claims is that Sun Yat-sen, revered as the father of modern China , "raised my grandfather and granduncle as his own sons" – akin to a Briton being reared by Winston Churchill.

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