What's the difference between grandniece and granduncle?

Grandniece


Definition:

  • (n.) The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They are grandnieces of a normal member of a sibship which included four children with severe retardation and complete thyroid iodide organification defect.
  • (2) Abigail Disney, grandniece of Walt, has backed up Meryl Streep following the actor's recent comments about Walt Disney where she referred to him as a "gender bigot" and a member of an antisemitic lobbying organisation.
  • (3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Painter and sculptor Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman, grandniece of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum, Palm Beach, 1964.

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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