Grandfather vs. Poppy — What's the Difference?
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Difference Between Grandfather and Poppy
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Definitions
Grandfather
The father of one's father or mother.
Poppy
A poppy is a flowering plant in the subfamily Papaveroideae of the family Papaveraceae. Poppies are herbaceous plants, often grown for their colourful flowers.
Grandfather
Exempt (someone or something) from a new law or regulation
Smokers who worked here before the ban have been grandfathered
Poppy
A herbaceous plant with showy flowers, milky sap, and rounded seed capsules. Many poppies contain alkaloids and are a source of drugs such as morphine and codeine.
Grandfather
The father of one's mother or father.
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Poppy
(of popular music) tuneful and immediately appealing
Catchy, poppy tunes
Grandfather
A forefather; an ancestor.
Poppy
Any of various plants of the genus Papaver, having colorful flowers usually with four delicate petals, milky sap, and a capsule with pores that release numerous small seeds.
Grandfather
To exempt (someone or something) from a new regulation that prohibits or restricts something
The new ordinance restricts the size of billboards, but it grandfathers those erected before 1997.
Poppy
Any of various other plants of the family Papaveraceae, such as the California poppy.
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Grandfather
A father of someone's parent.
Poppy
A vivid red to reddish orange.
Grandfather
(by extension) A male forefather.
Poppy
Any plant of the genus Papaver or the family Papaveraceae, with crumpled, often red, petals and a milky juice having narcotic properties; especially the common poppy or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) which has orange-red flowers; the flower of such a plant.
Grandfather
(computing) The archived older version of a file that immediately preceded the father file.
Poppy
A bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower.
Grandfather
(transitive) To be, or act as, a grandfather to.
Poppy
A simple artificial poppy flower worn in a buttonhole or displayed in other contexts to remember those who died in the two World Wars and other armed conflicts, especially around Remembrance Day/Remembrance Sunday.
Grandfather
To retain discontinued laws or rules for (a thing, person or organization previously affected by them).
Poppy
(endearing) One's father or grandfather, or a male authority figure having similar standing.
Grandfather
A father's or mother's father; an ancestor immediately after the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Poppy
Of a bright red colour tinted with orange, like that of the common poppy flower (Papaver rhoeas).
Grandfather
The father of your father or mother
Poppy
Having a popping or bursting sound.
Poppy
Of a beverage: resembling soda pop; effervescent, fizzy.
Poppy
Of eyes: protruding, sticking out.
Poppy
(dated) Popular.
Poppy
(music) Typical, or in the style, of pop music.
Poppy
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species (Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
Poppy
A raised ornament frequently having the form of a final. It is generally used on the tops of the upright ends or elbows which terminate seats, etc., in Gothic churches.
Poppy
Annual or biennial or perennial herbs having showy flowers