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Goddess vs Femme - What's the difference?

goddess | femme |

As a proper noun goddess

is the single goddess of various monotheistic religions.

As a noun femme is

(archaic|rare) a woman, a wife, particularly in heraldry.

goddess

English

Noun

(es)
  • (religion) A female deity.
  • (figuratively) A human female honored or adored as physically attractive or of superior charm and intelligence.

    • Derived terms

    * goddess-ship

    Hypernyms

    * deity, divinity, god * woman

    See also

    * heaven

    femme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, rare) A woman, a wife, particularly in heraldry.
  • * 1885 , Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night , Night 18:
    • Then I turned to him and said, "O my lord, I have that to propose to thee wherein thou must not cross me; and this it is that, when we reach Baghdad, my native city, I offer thee my life as thy handmaiden in holy matrimony, and thou shalt be to me baron and I will be femme to thee."
  • (slang, LGBT) A feminine lesbian, especially one who is attracted to masculine (butch) lesbians.
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