Caress vs Carless - What's the difference?
caress | carless |
An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
* Longfellow
* Macaulay
A gentle stroking or rubbing.
To touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.
To affect as if with a caress.
Without a car.
* 2002 , Anne M Findlay & Leigh Sparks, The Environments for Retailing [http://books.google.com/books?id=ZHSOtvY1ym8C], ISBN 0415087201, page 153:
As a noun caress
is an act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.As a verb caress
is to touch or kiss lovingly; to fondle.As an adjective carless is
without a car.caress
English
Noun
(caresses)- Wooed her with his soft caresses .
- He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command.
Verb
- She loves being caressed by her boyfriend.
Synonyms
* hold * soothe * stroke * kissAntonyms
* poke * stab * strike * hitAnagrams
* * * *carless
English
Adjective
(-)- Forty five per cent of carless households had a retired head...