Baby vs Husband - What's the difference?
baby | husband |
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered.
Any very young animal, especially a vertebrate; many species have specific names for their babies, such as kittens for the babies of cats, puppies]] for the babies of dogs, and chicks for the babies of birds. See [[:Category:Baby animals for more.
Unborn young; a fetus.
A person who is immature or infantile.
A term of endearment for a girlfriend or boyfriend or spouse.
(informal) A form of address to a man or a woman considered to be attractive.
A pet project or responsibility.
The lastborn of a family.
(archaic) A small image of an infant; a doll.
Of a child: very young; of the age when he or she would be termed a baby or infant.
Of an animal: young.
Intended for babies.
Picked when small and immature (as in baby corn'', ''baby potatoes ).
To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.
(lb) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
(lb) A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
*, IV.3:
*:a withered tree, through husbands toyle, / Is often seene full freshly to have florisht
*(rfdate) (George Hakewill) (1578-1649)
*:the painful husband , ploughing up his ground
*(rfdate) (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
*:He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestick and field accommodations.
(lb) A prudent or frugal manager.
*(rfdate) (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband , to improve the short remnant left me.
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
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*(rfdate) (William Blackstone) (1723-1780)
*:The husband and wife are one person in law.
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*:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= The male of a pair of animals.
:(Dryden)
(lb) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
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A polled tree; a pollard.
To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
To conserve.
* 1719, (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
(obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
* (rfdate) (Evelyn)
To provide with a husband.
To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
As nouns the difference between baby and husband
is that baby is baby (infant) while husband is (lb) the master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.As a verb husband is
to manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.baby
English
Noun
(babies)- When is your baby due?
- Stand up for yourself - don't be such a baby !
- Hey baby , what are you doing later?
- The annual report has been my baby since September.
- See my new car here? I can't wait to take this baby for a drive.
Synonyms
* (young human being) babe, babby, babbie, infant * (immature or infantile person) big baby * (term of endearment) loveSee also
* gamete, zygote, morula, blastocyst, embryo, fetusAdjective
(-) (used only before the noun)- a baby boy
- a baby elephant
- baby clothes
Usage notes
When referring to a human baby (as per noun sense 1 above) the usual practice is to treat 'human' as the adjective and 'baby' as the noun.Synonyms
* (sense) little * (intended for babies) baby'sVerb
Derived terms
* anchor baby * baby-batterer * baby-battering * baby beef * Baby Bell * baby bond * baby bonus * baby boom * baby boomer * baby-bouncer * baby boy * baby buggy * babycare * baby carriage * baby doll * baby-doll pajamas, baby doll pyjamas * baby face * baby food * baby girl * baby grand * babygro * babyhood * baby house * babyish * baby-jumper * baby-minder * baby monitor * baby of the family * baby's breath * baby seat * babysit, baby-sit * babysitter, baby-sitter * babysitting * baby-sitting * baby-snatcher * baby-snatching * baby's tears * baby talk * baby tooth * baby-walker * be left holding the baby * big baby * crybaby * cry like a baby * passport baby * throw out the baby with the bathwater, throw the baby out with the bathwater * sleep like a baby (baby)See also
* child * infant * toddlerhusband
English
Noun
(en noun)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* wifeHypernyms
* partner (may or may not be married ) * spouse (may also apply to wife )Derived terms
* ex-husband * house husband * hubby * husbandage * husbandly * husbandman * husbandry * husbandless * ship's husbandVerb
(en verb)- For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far. — Shakespeare.
- ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.
- Land so trim and rarely husbanded .
- (Shakespeare)
