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Bridesmaid vs Bridesmaiding - What's the difference?

bridesmaid | bridesmaiding |

As nouns the difference between bridesmaid and bridesmaiding

is that bridesmaid is a woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party while bridesmaiding is acting as bridesmaid at a wedding.

As verbs the difference between bridesmaid and bridesmaiding

is that bridesmaid is to act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony while bridesmaiding is present participle of bridesmaid.

bridesmaid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman who attends a bride during her wedding ceremony, as part of the main wedding party.
    • I'd love to be your bridesmaid .
  • (sports, entertainment) A person or team who perennially finishes well, but never first.

    • Coordinate terms

    * bridesman

    Derived terms

    *

    See also

    * maid of honor the primary bridesmaid * bridesmaids the group of women as a whole

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act as a bridesmaid for; to attend a bride during her wedding ceremony.
  • * 1858 , , Volume 1, page 83,
    • "No, Trichy; I won't be Augusta's bridesmaid; I'll bide my time for bridesmaiding ."
  • * 1915 , , The smart set: a magazine of cleverness , Volume 45, page 204,
    • And what's this? that isn't Herbie Frost with you in the canoe ; why he was best man when I bridesmaided Corinne.
  • * 1989 , Kevin Killian, Shy , page 233,
    • "It's in my Data-fax, right here! December Bride: and I'm supposed to bridesmaid !"
  • * 2007 , Siri Agrell, Bad Bridesmaid: True Tales of Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums , page 150,
    • After ten years of friendship and just six months of lackluster bridesmaiding , the women did not even get an invitation to the wedding.
  • * 2010 , Mark Townsend, Jesus Outside the Box: Twelve Spiritual Tales of the Unexpected , page 308,
    • Still they bridesmaided for her.

    bridesmaiding

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Acting as bridesmaid at a wedding.

    • Verb

    (head)