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Crony vs Paramour - What's the difference?

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Crony is a related term of paramour.


As nouns the difference between crony and paramour

is that crony is (informal) close friend while paramour is an illicit lover, either male or female.

As an adverb paramour is

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crony

English

Noun

(cronies)
  • (informal) Close friend.
  • * Washington Irving
    • He soon found his former cronies , though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time.
  • (informal) Trusted companion or partner in a criminal organization.
  • (obsolete) An old woman; a crone.
  • * Burton
    • Marry not an old crony .

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * cronyism

    See also

    * croony

    References

    Anagrams

    * *

    paramour

    English

    Alternative forms

    * paramours

    Adverb

    (-)
  • *Chaucer
  • *:For par amour I loved her first ere thou.
  • *:
  • *:Is this trouthe said Palomydes / Thenne shall we hastely here of sire Tristram / And as for to say that I loue la Beale Isoud peramours I dare make good that I doo / and that she hath my seruyse aboue alle other ladyes / and shalle haue the terme of my lyf

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An illicit lover, either male or female.
  • * (rfdate), Macaulay:
    • The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour .

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)