Harlot vs Prostitution - What's the difference?
harlot | prostitution |
To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
(obsolete) wanton; lewd; low; base
* William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors : Act 5, scene 1, 204–205
Engaging in sexual activity with another person in exchange for compensation, such as money or other valuable goods.
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(by extension) Debasement for unworthy profit or motives.
As nouns the difference between harlot and prostitution
is that harlot is (derogatory) a female prostitute while prostitution is prostitution.As a verb harlot
is to play the harlot; to practice lewdness.As an adjective harlot
is (obsolete) wanton; lewd; low; base.harlot
English
(wikipedia harlot)Synonyms
* see * seeVerb
- (Milton)
Synonyms
* harlotizeAdjective
(en adjective)- This day, great duke, she shut the doors upon me, / While she with harlots feasted in my house.
prostitution
English
(wikipedia prostitution)Noun
(-)- The FBI typically does not investigate adult prostitution', leaving it as a state and local matter, but in recent years it has made child ' prostitution a priority in a program the FBI calls Operation Cross Country. The program includes highway billboards asking people to call the FBI with tips.
- Her addiction brought her to the point that prostitution was the only means she had to survive.
- The television advertising job was a prostitution of the talents of one of the great writers of the century.