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Maiden vs Debut - What's the difference?

maiden | debut |

As nouns the difference between maiden and debut

is that maiden is a girl or an unmarried young woman while debut is a performer's first-time performance to the public.

As an adjective maiden

is virgin.

As a verb debut is

to formally introduce, as to the public.

maiden

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A girl or an unmarried young woman.
  • A female virgin.
  • :
  • A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
  • *:
  • *:As for that said sire Bors I wille be shryuen with a good wylle / Soo syr Bors was confessyd / and for al wymmen sir Bors was a vyrgyne / sauf for one / that was the doughter of kynge Brangorys / and on her he gat a child that hyghte Elayne / and sauf for her syre Bors was a clene mayden
  • A maidservant.
  • An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
  • A racehorse without any victory ('virgin record').
  • (label) A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
  • :(Wharton)
  • (label) A maiden over.
  • (label) A machine for washing linen.
  • (label)

    • Derived terms

    * maidenhair * maidenhead * maidenhood * maidenly, maidenliness * maiden flight * maiden voyage * maiden name * maiden of honor * iron maiden

    Related terms

    * maid

    Synonyms

    * bachelorette

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Virgin.
  • * Thackeray
    • a surprising old maiden lady
  • Without offspring.
  • Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Have you no modesty, no maiden shame?
  • (figuratively) Being a first occurrence or event.
    • The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage .
    After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=May 13 , author=Andrew Benson , title=Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado took his maiden victory and Williams's first since 2004 in a strategic battle with Ferrari's Fernando Alonso.}}
  • (cricket) Being an over in which no runs are scored.
  • Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
  • * Shakespeare
    • maiden flowers
  • * Shakespeare
    • Full bravely hast thou fleshed / Thy maiden sword.
  • Of a fortress, never having been captured or violated.
    • (Macaulay)

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Anagrams

    * English adjectives ending in -en ----

    debut

    English

    (wikipedia debut)

    Alternative forms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A performer's first-time performance to the public.
    • Since making its debut two years ago, the program has gained cult status.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=April 11 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Liverpool's performance - despite a defensive injury crisis that saw a promising debut for teenage academy graduate John Flanagan - was a resounding advert for Kenny Dalglish to be given the manager's job on a permanent basis.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (transitive, chiefly, US) to formally introduce, as to the public
    • Amalgamated Software Systems debuted release 3.2 in Spring of 2004.
  • to make one's initial formal appearance
    • Release 3.2 debuted to mixed reviews in Spring of 2004.

    Related terms

    * debutant * debutante

    Anagrams

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