What's the difference between stepbrother and stepson?

Stepbrother


Definition:

  • (n.) A brother by the marriage of one's father with the mother of another, or of one's mother with the father of another.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) In the tradition of Saturday Night Live all three have already collaborated on the big screen, Akiva directing and Andy and Jorma starring as stepbrothers in Hot Rod.
  • (2) In a sign that the killing spree has left no sector of Norwegian society untouched, the royal court has announced that the 51-year-old was the stepbrother of Mette-Marit, Norway's crown princess.
  • (3) Though he greets my mention of it with a grimace, one of the more colourful aspects of his story is that – thanks to his father's second marriage – his stepbrother is the actor Daniel Craig, aka James Bond.
  • (4) Mercer’s step-sister, Carmen Nesnick, expressed shock and confusion over her stepbrother’s role in the attack, telling reporters on Thursday night that he was a “nice guy”.
  • (5) It would be better if she didn’t talk about her stepbrother’s suicide, she remembers the counselor telling her.
  • (6) Even if you aren't up on your Austen, it's the least likely candidate – her cynical ex-stepbrother, Josh (Paul Rudd) – that we should keep an eye on.
  • (7) The proband's stepbrother died of pancytopenia and rectal adenocarcinoma.
  • (8) Kim Jong-un also has four step siblings: three stepsisters and one stepbrother.
  • (9) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Murdo Macleod Julie Myerson, author, 54 What I wish I’d known… Our parents were always open with us about sex and sexuality, but when I was 12 my sisters and I suddenly gained two stepbrothers and Mum decided that the five of us - all on the excruciating cusp of puberty - should be educated about the finer points together.
  • (10) Anyone who lived through EastEnders’ live week, which climaxed in Lucy’s 11-year-old stepbrother Bobby being exposed as her killer, was horrified to see the mystery make a comeback.
  • (11) Joyce Greenberg, a retired financial adviser in Texas said her family had begun investing money with Madoff in the 1970s after being introduced by her stepbrother.
  • (12) After his first major role in 1995's Clueless – Rudd plays a stepbrother who acts as the Greek chorus to Alicia Silverstone's Cher, constantly mocking the acquisitive high-schooler and ultimately, yes, getting with her – Rudd returned to New York to spend almost a year working on The Last Night of Bally- hoo , a play by Alfred Uhry, best known for Driving Miss Daisy .

Stepson


Definition:

  • (n.) A son of one's husband or wife by a former marriage.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Patrick, his stepson, faced similar racial slurs as officers asked him for the location of illegal guns because, as he recalled an officer saying, “you fuckers are making more money a day than I am”.
  • (2) Speaking outside court, Tomlinson's stepson Paul King said the not guilty verdict was "a joke".
  • (3) He is survived by his wife, daughter Gemma, stepson Steven and stepdaughter Rebecca.
  • (4) Ian Phillips London • When listing the ways the government tries to wriggle out of its obligation to provide a safety net to the unemployed, Zoe Williams might have added a bizarre definition of "immigrant" of which my stepson was recently a victim.
  • (5) He leaves office with a third wife, a new baby daughter, another stepson and two grandchildren.
  • (6) Still, he compared Ashtiani's case with that of Teresa Lewis, who was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Virginia for arranging the murder of her husband and stepson.
  • (7) His loyal wife, Janet died in 1995, and his son also predeceased him; he leaves a stepson and stepdaughter.
  • (8) Tomlinson's stepson Paul King said: "It's outrageous.
  • (9) Tomlinson's stepson Paul King said: "I think it's pointless, it hasn't proved anything to us.
  • (10) Howard, with Iris Murdoch, writes her stepson Martin Amis in his own memoir, Experience , "is the most interesting woman writer of her generation.
  • (11) Their host was Fombah Teh Sirleaf, the stepson of Liberia’s president and director of the country’s National Security Agency.
  • (12) Paul King, Tomlinson's stepson, said: "If the officer faces disciplinary charges now, does that mean he could get away with not facing charges for the death of our dad if there is an unlawful killing verdict at the inquest?
  • (13) There was a castle on its banks and nearby an ornamental fountain, one that spouted not water but lava – the flourish, as I took it, of a middle-aged man who might have started playing this game to communicate with his stepson, but who wound up enjoying himself, finding his ideas irresistible.
  • (14) I was miles away from Ferguson, Missouri, when I saw a photo of a grieved father with his handmade sign immediately after his stepson, Michael Brown, was killed by now-former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson and his body was left in the street for over four hours on 9 August.
  • (15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Abraham Chaparro with a photograph of his murdered stepson, Miguel Garcia-Moran, outside his home in Brentwood.
  • (16) He enjoyed the job and saw it as his ticket out of the Haven House, a shelter where he lives with his wife, Kristen, and stepson.
  • (17) Wife and stepson charged in murder of Ku Klux Klan leader in Missouri Read more Asked for comment on the report, Andrew Anglin, the founder of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer site, wrote: “It’s just more of the same goofy gibberish from the Jews.” After decades on the fringes of American life, racist hate groups found themselves unexpectedly in the mainstream news spotlight last year, as Ku Klux Klan members and neo-Nazis rejoiced at Donald Trump’s rise and his presidential victory.
  • (18) They handcuff you to a bench and one hand is cuffed to a rod on the wall.” He and his stepson were taken to separate windowless cells, handcuffed to the wall once more, and repeatedly encouraged to “help yourself”.
  • (19) Officers repeatedly using “a stream of insults, racial slurs, including the N-word, and threats” – including “bogus criminal offenses” – if his stepson did not provide intelligence on illegal guns.
  • (20) My two stepsons are in their 20s and in good jobs but they don't have a chance of buying a house.