Bachelor vs Singles - What's the difference?
bachelor | singles |
A man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
* Washington Irving
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
(senseid)Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
(Canada) A bachelor apartment.
(obsolete) An unmarried woman.
(obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
(obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxys annularis ) of the southern United States.
Of or pertaining to unmarried people.
(sports, plurale tantum) a game between individual players
(single)
As nouns the difference between bachelor and singles
is that bachelor is an academic degree without specification of the field of studies while singles is .As an adjective singles is
of or pertaining to unmarried people.As a verb singles is
(single).bachelor
English
Alternative forms
* bachelour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.
- (Ben Jonson)
Synonyms
* (academic degree) baccalaureateDerived terms
* confirmed bachelor * bachelordom * bachelorette (North America) * bachelorhood * Bachelor of Arts * Bachelor of Science * bachelor pad * bachelor party * bachelorship * bachelor's button * bachelor's degreeSee also
* spinster * * widower * (wikipedia "bachelor") *singles
English
Adjective
(-)- a singles bar
Noun
(head)- He hit three singles last game, two the game before that.
- The band's first single became a hit record.