Father vs. Son

Father vs. Son — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Father and Son

Fathernoun

A (generally human) male who begets a child.

My father was a strong influence on me.My friend Tony just became a father.

Sonnoun

One's male offspring.

Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."

Fathernoun

A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first ancestor.

Sonnoun

A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

Fathernoun

A term of respectful address for an elderly man.

Come, father; you can sit here.

Sonnoun

A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.

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Fathernoun

A term of respectful address for a priest.

Sonnoun

A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by some external influence.

He was a son of the mafia system.

Fathernoun

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.

Sonnoun

A male descendant.

The pharaohs were believed to be sons of the Sun.

Fathernoun

The founder of a discipline or science.

Albert Einstein is the father of modern physics.

Sonnoun

A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

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Fathernoun

Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.

Sonnoun

An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.

Fathernoun

A senator of Ancient Rome.

Sonverb

(transitive) To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.

Fatherverb

To be a father to; to sire.

Sonverb

(transitive) To address (someone) as "son".

Fatherverb

(figuratively) To give rise to.

Sonnoun

a male human offspring;

their son became a famous judgehis boy is taller than he is

Fatherverb

To act as a father; to support and nurture.

Sonnoun

the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

Fatherverb

To provide with a father.

Fatherverb

To adopt as one's own.

Fathernoun

a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father);

his father was born in Atlanta

Fathernoun

the founder of a family;

keep the faith of our forefathers

Fathernoun

`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

Fathernoun

(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

Fathernoun

a person who holds an important or distinguished position in some organization;

the tennis fathers ruled in her favorthe city fathers endorsed the proposal

Fathernoun

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity;

hear our prayers, Heavenly Father

Fathernoun

a person who founds or establishes some institution;

George Washington is the father of his country

Fathernoun

the head of an organized crime family

Fatherverb

make children;

Abraham begot IsaacMen often father children but don't recognize them