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Bachelor vs Virginal - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between bachelor and virginal

is that bachelor is a man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet while virginal is a musical instrument in the harpsichord family.

As an adjective virginal is

being or resembling a virgin.

bachelor

English

Alternative forms

* bachelour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A man who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
  • * Washington Irving
    • As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.
  • 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.
    • (Ben Jonson)
  • (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.

    • Synonyms

    * (academic degree) baccalaureate

    Derived terms

    * confirmed bachelor * bachelordom * bachelorette (North America) * bachelorhood * Bachelor of Arts * Bachelor of Science * bachelor pad * bachelor party * bachelorship * bachelor's button * bachelor's degree

    See also

    * spinster * * widower * (wikipedia "bachelor") *

    virginal

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being or resembling a virgin.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musici) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1932, author=
    • , title=Friday's Business , chapter=16 citation , passage=His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal , to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.}}

    Usage notes

    * The singular form may be either virginal or (virginals).

    Anagrams

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