Concubine vs Whore - What's the difference?
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A woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife.
A slave-girl for sexual service prominent in all ancient cultures.
Signifies a relationship where the male is the dominant partner, socially and economically
A woman attached to a man solely for reproduction, and who cares for the resulting children without any romantic relationship.
a woman residing in a harem and kept, as by a sultan or emperor, for sexual purposes.
A woman kept by a man who is high in hierarchial society in addition to his wives, e.g in the imperial harem or within a household.
(vulgar) A prostitute.
(vulgar, pejorative) A person who is considered to be sexually promiscuous (see also: slut).
* 2004 , Dennis Cooper, The Sluts , page 250
(vulgar) A person who is unscrupulous, especially one who compromises their principles for gain.
(vulgar) A person who will violate behavioral standards to achieve something desired.
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(vulgar) A contemptible person.
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(obsolete) A mistress or wife.
* c. 1606 , , Act 1 Scene 2
(vulgar) To prostitute oneself.
(vulgar) To engage the services of a prostitute.
(vulgar) To pimp; to pander.
(vulgar) To pursue false gods.
(vulgar) To pursue false goals.
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As nouns the difference between concubine and whore
is that concubine is a woman who lives with a man, but who is not a wife while whore is a prostitute.As a verb whore is
to prostitute oneself.concubine
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(concubinage)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* concubinageSee also
* harem * polygamy * co-wife * seraglioReferences
* Random House Unabridged Dictionary ----whore
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Noun
(en noun)- So after he fucks the shit out of me, he tells me I'm lying about his whore not being Brad.
- The merciless Macdonald – worthy to be a rebel, for that the multiplying villainies of nature do swarm upon him – from the Western Isles of kerns and gallowglasses is supplied, and fortune on his damned quarrel smiling showed like a rebel's whore .