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Husband vs Groom - What's the difference?

husband | groom |

In transitive terms the difference between husband and groom

is that husband is to engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own while groom is to attempt to gain the trust of a minor or adult with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse, human trafficking or sexual slavery.

husband

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (lb) The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
  • (lb) A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
  • *, IV.3:
  • *:a withered tree, through husbands toyle, / Is often seene full freshly to have florisht
  • *(rfdate) (George Hakewill) (1578-1649)
  • *:the painful husband , ploughing up his ground
  • *(rfdate) (John Evelyn) (1620-1706)
  • *:He is the neatest husband for curious ordering his domestick and field accommodations.
  • (lb) A prudent or frugal manager.
  • *(rfdate) (Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
  • *:God knows how little time is left me, and may I be a good husband , to improve the short remnant left me.
  • A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
  • :
  • *(rfdate) (William Blackstone) (1723-1780)
  • *:The husband and wife are one person in law.
  • *
  • *:A great bargain also had beenthe arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire. In fact, that arm-chair had been an extravagance of Mrs. Bunting. She had wanted her husband to be comfortable after the day's work was done, and she had paid thirty-seven shillings for the chair.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
  • The male of a pair of animals.
  • :(Dryden)
  • (lb) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
  • A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
  • :
  • A polled tree; a pollard.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * wife

    Hypernyms

    * partner (may or may not be married ) * spouse (may also apply to wife )

    Derived terms

    * ex-husband * house husband * hubby * husbandage * husbandly * husbandman * husbandry * husbandless * ship's husband

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
    • For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far. — Shakespeare.
  • To conserve.
  • * 1719, (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
    • ...I found pens, ink, and paper, and I husbanded them to the utmost; and I shall show that while my ink lasted, I kept things very exact, but after that was gone I could not, for I could not make any ink by any means that I could devise.
  • (obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
  • * (rfdate) (Evelyn)
    • Land so trim and rarely husbanded .
  • To provide with a husband.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

    • Derived terms

    * husbandable * husbandry

    Statistics

    * English refractory feminine rhymes 1000 English basic words ----

    groom

    English

    Etymology 1

    1604, short for . Germanic cognates include Icelandic gumi and Norwegian gume. Cognate to (human) from Proto-Indo-European via Latin homo. Second element reanalyzed as groom , "attendant."

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A man who is about to become or has recently become part of a married couple. Short form of bridegroom.
    • Derived terms
    * groomdom * groomhood * groomship * groomzilla * child groom
    Coordinate terms
    * bride * bride-to-be
    Synonyms
    * bridegroom

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) grom, , though uncertain as *gr?an? was used typically of plants; its secondary meaning being "to turn green". Alternate etymology describes Middle English grom, grome'' as an alteration of , etc.), with the Middle Dutch and Old Icelandic cognates following similar variation of their respective forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who cares for horses.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01
    • , author=Brian Hayes , title=Father of Fractals , volume=101, issue=1, page=62 , magazine= citation , passage=Toward the end of the war, Benoit was sent off on his own with forged papers; he wound up working as a horse groom at a chalet in the Loire valley. Mandelbrot describes this harrowing youth with great sangfroid.}}
  • One of several officers of the English royal household, chiefly in the lord chamberlain's department.
    • the groom''' of the chamber; the '''groom of the stole
    Synonyms
    * ostler

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To attend to one's appearance and clothing.
  • To care for horses or other animals by brushing and cleaning them.
  • To prepare someone for election or appointment.
  • * {{quote-magazine, title=What a waste
    • , date=2013-05-11, volume=407, issue=8835, page=12 , magazine= citation , passage=India is run by gerontocrats and epigones: grey hairs and groomed heirs.}}
  • To prepare a ski slope for skiers
  • To attempt to gain the trust of a minor or adult with the intention of subjecting them to abusive or exploitative behaviour such as sexual abuse, human trafficking or sexual slavery.
    • Related terms
    * groomed * grooming * bridegroom