Fiance vs Partner - What's the difference?
fiance | partner |
A man who is engaged to be married.
A person engaged to be married.
* 2009 , B. R. Laine, Tales from Suffolk County , page 107:
Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
# A member of a business or law partnership
#* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
# A spouse or domestic partner
# Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
#*
(nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
As nouns the difference between fiance and partner
is that fiance is while partner is partner, associate.As a verb fiance
is (obsolete) to betroth; to affiance.fiance
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Alternative forms
* fianceNoun
(en noun)- West said that she was proud of their relationship and is looking forward to meeting his fiancé .
Usage notes
* Traditionally, the spelling fiancé is used for a man who is engaged, with being the female counterpart. (This is a reflection of the corresponding distinction in French.)See also
* engage * marriageAnagrams
* ----partner
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Noun
(en noun)page 548:
- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner .
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].