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Boyfriend vs Date - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between boyfriend and date

is that boyfriend is a male partner in a romantic relationship while date is .

boyfriend

English

Alternative forms

* boy friend (dated)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A male partner in a romantic relationship.
  • * 2012 , (Justin Bieber), Boyfriend
    • If I was your boyfriend , I’d never let you go
    I can take you places you ain’t never been before.
  • A male friend.

    • Synonyms

    * (male friend) guyfriend (slang)

    Usage notes

    In contrast to its female equivalent, girlfriend, which is often used to describe a woman's close female friends, the term is not that often used in reference to non-romantic relationships. Boyfriend is a relatively modern term, and in the past has had implications of an illicit relationship (as sexual and romantic relationships outside marriage were generally frowned upon). It is now a generally accepted term and has no negative implications. Use of boyfriend generally implies that the male is a boy or a young man. An older man in a non-marital relationship and sometimes even a young man in a long-term relationship is more often described as a significant other or partner. Separating the word into its two components boy friend'' avoids the romantic implication nowadays, although ''boy friend'' used to mean the same as ''boyfriend does now. However, British and Australian men usually refer to a male friend as a mate. Similarly, Americans and Canadians use the term buddy.

    See also

    * * girlfriend * husband * lover * significant other ----

    date

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) datte, from (etyl) dactylus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera , somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
    • We made a nice cake from dates .
  • The date palm.
    • There were a few dates planted around the house.
    Derived terms
    * date fish * date mussel * date palm * date plum * date shell * date tree

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) date, and Die.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made.
    • the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
    US date''' : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK '''date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
  • * 1681 , (John Dryden), The Spanish Friar
    • And bonds without a date , they say, are void.
  • The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. A specific day.
    • the date for pleading
  • * 1844 , (Mark Akenside), (The Pleasures of the Imagination), Book II
    • He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fix'd the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest.
    Do you know the date of the wedding?
    We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
  • A point in time
    • You may need that at a later date .
  • (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
  • * (rfdate) (Alexander Pope),
    • What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date .
  • (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
  • * (rfdate) (Edmund Spenser),
    • Good luck prolonged hath thy date .
  • * (rfdate) (George Chapman) (translator), (Homer) (author), (w) , Volume 1, Book IV, lines 282–5,
    • As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date ,
    Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state,
    Both in his age to keep in peace his house,
    And to have children wise and valorous.
  • A pre-arranged social meeting.
    • I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
  • A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
    • I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date .
  • A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
    • We really hit it off on the first date , so we decided to meet the week after.
    We slept together on the first date .
    The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date .
    Derived terms
    * * blind date * date night * date of birth * date rape * double date * due date * expiry date, expiration date * sell-by date * speed date * transaction date * use-by date
    Descendants
    * German:

    Verb

    (dat)
  • To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  • * (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)
    • You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.
  • * 1801 [1796 January], (William Cobbett), A New Year's Gift'', ''Porcupine's works , footnote, page 430,
    • I keep to the very words of the letter; but that, by "this State," is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia.
  • * 1913 [1863], (Marcus Aurelius), , G. Bell and Sons, page 227,
    • In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.
  • To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
  • To determine the age of something.
  • To take (someone) on a series of dates.
  • To have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with.
  • * 2008 May 15, NEWS.com.au , "Jessica Simpson upset John Mayer dating Jennifer Aniston":
    • Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.
  • Of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship.
  • To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  • To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
  • * (rfdate) (Edward Everett)
    • The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
    Usage notes
    * To note the time of writing one may say dated at' or ' from a place.

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