I have an large frame of a wide array of elements. Within this frame, there are basically two different sides to the frame. Consider a widget x on the left side, which is placed by .grid(row=4, column=0). Padding is added to this object x, so it is actually x.grid(row=4, column=0, pady=10) Well, the opposite object, object y, is placed on the same row by y.grid(row=4, column=4), or something along those lines. I have this setup, but the pady on x is adding padding to y as well. I want there to be padding on one widget in the row-- not the entire row. Therefore, my paraphrased question is, how does one add padding to only one widget in a row, without adding padding to every object in that respective row?
The very definition of a row is that is the same height all the way across. That's what makes it a row. The same can be said for columns.
Therefore, the tallest item in a row (height plus padding) is what controls the overall height of the row. The only control you have over smaller widgets is which sides of their too-large cell they stick to. 
For example, if you want all widgets to be aligned along their tops, use sticky="n", which causes the top of the widgets to "stick" to the top (north) side of the space they have been allocated. If you want them aligned along their bottoms, use sticky="s". Providing neither "n" or "s" means they will be aligned along their midpoints.
How to add padding to a widget, but not the entire row's widgets, in tkinter?