As nouns the difference between bribe and bride
is that
bribe is something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty while
bride is a woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
As verbs the difference between bribe and bride
is that
bribe is to give a bribe to while
bride is to make a bride of.
Other Comparisons: What's the difference?
bribe English
Noun
( en noun)
Something (usually money) given in exchange for influence or as an inducement to dishonesty.
* Hobart
- Undue reward for anything against justice is a bribe .
That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
* Akenside
- Not the bribes of sordid wealth can seduce to leave these everblooming sweets.
Synonyms
* See also
Verb
( brib)
To give a to.
* F. W. Robertson
- Neither is he worthy who bribes a man to vote against his conscience.
To gain by a bribe; to induce as by a bribe.
- to bribe somebody's compliance
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bride English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
* Bible, (w) xxi. 9
- I will show thee the bride , the Lamb's wife.
* (1709-1773)
- Has by his own experience tried / How much the wife is dearer than the bride .
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest
, passage=Sophia broke down here. Even at this moment she was subconsciously comparing her rendering of the part of the forlorn bride with Miss Marie Lohr's.}}
An object ardently loved.
Derived terms
* bridezilla
* bride-to-be
Coordinate terms
* bridegroom
* groom
Derived terms
*
* bridal
* bride gift
* bridegroom
* bridezilla
* bridely
* bride price
* bridesmaid
* bride-to-be
* bride wealth
* off like a bride's nightie
* war bride
* would-be bride
See also
* husband-to-be
* wife-to-be
Verb
(brid)
(obsolete) To make a bride of.
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
( en noun)
An individual loop or other device connecting the patterns in lacework.
Anagrams
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