Harlot vs Trollop - What's the difference?
harlot | trollop |
To play the harlot; to practice lewdness.
(obsolete) wanton; lewd; low; base
* William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors : Act 5, scene 1, 204–205
A woman held by others as retaining a vulgar and discourteous disposition.
(derogatory) A strumpet, a whore
to act in a sluggish or slovenly manner
(Scotch ) to dangle soggily : become bedraggled
to behave like a trollop
A gait performed by a horse which falls between a trot and a gallop. Also known as a canter.
In derogatory terms the difference between harlot and trollop
is that harlot is a female prostitute while trollop is a strumpet, a whore.As an adjective harlot
is 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.
