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Housewived vs Housewifed - What's the difference?

housewived | housewifed |

As verbs the difference between housewived and housewifed

is that housewived is (housewive) while housewifed is (housewife).

housewived

English

Verb

(head)
  • (housewive)

    • housewive

    English

    Alternative forms

    * housewife

    Verb

    (housewiv)
  • To manage with skill and economy.
    • Conferred those moneys on the nuns, which since they have well housewived . — Fuller.
    (Webster 1913)

    housewifed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (housewife)

    • 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