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Flirter vs Coquette - What's the difference?

flirter | coquette | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between flirter and coquette

is that flirter is one who flirts while coquette is a woman who flirts or plays with men's affections.

As a verb coquette is

an alternative form of lang=en.

flirter

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who flirts.
  • * 1988 , Glamour (volume 86, issues 7-9, page 26)
    • I just ended a relationship with a compulsive flirter , after realizing that no one deserved to be treated as I was.
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    coquette

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman who flirts or plays with men's affections.

    • Related terms

    * coquetry * coquettish * coquettishly * coquettishness

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • * 1875 , Herbert Eastwick Compton, Semi-tropical trifles
    • Nobber has no small opinion of himself: he considers himself the Adonis of the Pondaati eleven, and he contemplates society as though it were Venus, and it was his mission to posturize before it, and coquette and toy with it.
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