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Housewife vs Nonhousewife - What's the difference?

housewife | nonhousewife |

As nouns the difference between housewife and nonhousewife

is that housewife is the wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household while nonhousewife is one who is not a housewife.

As a verb housewife

is .

housewife

English

Noun

(housewives)
  • The wife of a householder; the mistress of a family; the female head of a household.
  • A little case or bag for materials used in sewing, and for other articles of female work; – called also (hussy).
  • * 1852: Tom Taylor and Charles Reade, Masks and Faces Act II
    • Woffington's housewife , made by herself, homely to the eye, but holds everything in the world

    Related terms

    * househusband

    Hypernyms

    * homemaker

    Derived terms

    * housewifely * housewifery * housewifization

    Verb

    (housewif)
    • English heteronyms English nouns with irregular plurals

    nonhousewife

    English

    Noun

    (nonhousewives)
  • One who is not a housewife.