Father vs. Dad
Father is male parent of a child who is actually responsible for child's birth by sharing his DNA. The man who just gave up his sperm for child birth is father and may or may not shares in child's development. Dad is affectionate with his child, who actively participate in the growth, development and grooming of the child. Although both terms are used in same manner commonly but it is easier to be a father than dad in actual meanings.
Key Differences
It is quite is to be a father than to be a dad.
Father is biologically responsible for his child's birth but dad may or may not be.
Father may be affectionate to his child but dad is surely affectionate to his child
Father and Dad Definitions
Father
A male whose sperm unites with an egg, producing an embryo.
Dad
A father.
Father
A male whose impregnation of a female results in the birth of a child.
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Dad
(informal) A father, a male parent.
His dad was always there for him.
Father
A man who adopts a child.
Dad
Used to address one's father
Happy Father's Day, Dad!
Father
A man who raises a child.
Dad
(slang) Used to address an older adult male
Father
A male parent of an animal.
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Dad
(transitive) To throw against something; to dash.
Father
A male ancestor
He has died and now sleeps with his fathers.
Dad
Father; - a word sometimes used by children.
I was never so bethumped with words,Since I first called my brother's father dad.
Father
A man who creates, originates, or founds something
Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry.
Dad
An informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
Father
A man who serves or is thought of as a protector
Beloved as the father of the nation.
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Father
God.
Father
The first person of the Christian Trinity.
Father
An elderly or venerable man. Used as a title of respect.
Father
One of the leading men, as of a city
The town fathers.
Father
Or Father A church father.
Father
A member of the senate in ancient Rome.
Father
A priest or clergyman in the Roman Catholic or Anglican churches.
Father
Used as a title and form of address with or without the clergyman's name.
Father
To provide the sperm that unites with an egg to produce (an embryo, fetus, or child).
Father
To act or serve as a father to (a child).
Father
To create, found, or originate
Father a political movement.
Father
To attribute the paternity, creation, or origin of
"[Swift's] ideas about the education of the young are fathered on to the Lilliputians" (George Orwell).
Father
To act or serve as a father.
Father
A (generally human) male who begets a child.
My father was a strong influence on me.
My friend Tony just became a father.
Father
A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.
Father
A term of respectful address for an elderly man.
Come, father; you can sit here.
Father
A term of respectful address for a priest.
Father
A person who plays the role of a father in some way.
My brother was a father to me after my parents got divorced.
The child is father to the man.
Father
The founder of a discipline or science.
Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.
Father
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
Father
Something inanimate that begets.
Father
(Christianity) A member of a church council.
Father
(computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately precedes the current version, and was itself derived from the grandfather.
Father
To be a father to; to sire.
Father
(figuratively) To give rise to.
Father
To act as a father; to support and nurture.
Father
To provide with a father.
Father
To adopt as one's own.
Father
One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent.
A wise son maketh a glad father.
Father
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.
David slept with his fathers.
Abraham, who is the father of us all.
Father
One who performs the offices of a parent by maintenance, affetionate care, counsel, or protection.
I was a father to the poor.
He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house.
Father
A respectful mode of address to an old man.
And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him [Elisha], . . . and said, O my father, my father!
Father
A senator of ancient Rome.
Father
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.
Bless you, good father friar !
Father
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.
Father
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.
The father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Might be the father, Harry, to that thought.
The father of good news.
Father
The Supreme Being and Creator; God; in theology, the first person in the Trinity.
Our Father, which art in heaven.
Now had the almighty Father from above . . . Bent down his eye.
Father
To make one's self the father of; to beget.
Cowards father cowards, and base things sire base.
Father
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.).
Men of witOften fathered what he writ.
Father
To provide with a father.
Think you I am no stronger than my sex,Being so fathered and so husbanded ?
Father
A male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);
His father was born in Atlanta
Father
The founder of a family;
Keep the faith of our forefathers
Father
`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
Father
(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
Father
A person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;
The tennis fathers ruled in her favor
The city fathers endorsed the proposal
Father
God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;
Hear our prayers, Heavenly Father
Father
A person who founds or establishes some institution;
George Washington is the father of his country
Father
The head of an organized crime family
Father
Make children;
Abraham begot Isaac
Men often father children but don't recognize them
What is Father?
Father is biologically responsible for the birth of child. He is the male parent of child who denoted his sperm for child’s birth. Child has the DNA of his father. He may or may not perform his role for the care and development of the child. All the fathers are not perform their duties towards their children. Many fathers have a believe that once the baby is born, their responsibility is no more. He may provide shelter food and shelter to the child and family but is unaware of his child’s nature. He even don’t know the likes and dislikes of his child. He don’t know what is status of his studies and even has no care of child’s mental development.
What is Dad?
Dad is affectionate to his child. He creates friendly environment for his child. he is just a like a friend of his child who takes care of his each and every thing. Dad may also be a biological father but not compulsory, he may be a step-father, his uncle, grandfather or a big brother. Dad play important role in the nourishment of his child and his education. Dad is always there for his child through thick and thin as a best friend. He plays with his child. He is the one who creates confidence in his child. Dad is a relation of extreme love and emotions with his child.
