Harlotry vs Adultery - What's the difference?
harlotry | adultery |
The trade of a harlot; prostitution.
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
(Bible) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(Bible) Faithlessness in religion.
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(obsolete) adulteration; corruption
(obsolete) injury; degradation; ruin
* Ben Jonson
As nouns the difference between harlotry and adultery
is that harlotry is the trade of a harlot; prostitution while adultery is sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.harlotry
English
Noun
- Harlotry , wine, and new wine enslave the heart. —Hosea 4:11 (NKJV)
- Harlotry , wine, and new wine take away the understanding. —Hosea 4:11 (NASB)
adultery
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(wikipedia adultery)Alternative forms
* advowtry (obsolete)Noun
(adulteries)- She engaged in adultery because her spouse has a low libido, while hers is very high.
- And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. (King James Version)
- (Ben Jonson)
- You might wrest the caduceus out of my hand to the adultery and spoil of nature.