Bride vs Harlot - What's the difference?
bride | harlot |
A woman who is going to marry or who has just been married.
* Bible, (w) xxi. 9
* (1709-1773)
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= An object ardently loved.
(obsolete) To make a bride of.
To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
(obsolete) wanton; lewd; low; base
* William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors : Act 5, scene 1, 204–205
In obsolete terms the difference between bride and harlot
is that bride is to make a bride of while harlot is wanton; lewd; low; base.As an adjective harlot is
wanton; lewd; low; base.bride
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- I will show thee the bride , the Lamb's wife.
- Has by his own experience tried / How much the wife is dearer than the bride .
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.}}
Derived terms
* bridezilla * bride-to-beCoordinate terms
* bridegroom * groomDerived 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 brideSee also
* husband-to-be * wife-to-beVerb
(brid)Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Anagrams
* ----harlot
English
(wikipedia harlot)Synonyms
* see * seeVerb
- (Milton)
Synonyms
* harlotizeAdjective
(en adjective)- This day, great duke, she shut the doors upon me, / While she with harlots feasted in my house.