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Stag vs Cuckold - What's the difference?

stag | cuckold |

In transitive terms the difference between cuckold and stag

is that cuckold is to make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife while stag is to watch; to dog, or keep track of.

As an adverb stag is

of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

stag

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (dialectal), (l) (Scotland), (l), (l) (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An adult male deer.
  • A colt, or filly.
  • (by extension, obsolete) A romping girl.
  • An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – called also a bull seg. See the Note under ox.
  • An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
  • One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
  • The European wren, .
  • An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
  • A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom, sometimes a fund-raiser.
    • The stag will be held in the hotel's ballroom

    Synonyms

    * (social event) bachelor party (US''), stag do (''UK informal ), stag party

    Derived terms

    * stag beetle * stag do * stag night * stag party

    Verb

    (stagg)
  • (British) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
  • To watch; to dog, or keep track of.

    • Adverb

    (-)
  • Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.
    • My brother went stag to prom because he couldn't find a date.

    See also

    * bachelorette party, hen party (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

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    cuckold

    English

    (cuckold) (Rhinesomus) (Scrawled cowfish)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
  • * 1546 ,
    • If I never marry, I shall never be a cuckold .
  • A West Indian plectognath fish, .
  • The cowfish, and allied species.

    • Usage notes

    * This was a standard comic figure in medieval and Shakespearean drama.

    Quotations

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    Synonyms

    * , smooth trunkfish

    Hyponyms

    * (a man married to an unfaithful wife) wittol, mari complaisant

    Derived terms

    * cuckolder * cuckoldry * cuckquean

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.
  • * 2008 , , Questionable Content 1319: The Flimsiest of Logic
    • Hey, I would never cuckold one of my friends. That’s way not cool.

    Quotations

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