What is the difference between husband and wife?
husband | wife |
(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.
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*(rfdate) (William Blackstone) (1723-1780)
*:The husband and wife are one person in law.
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*: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)
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:(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.
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A polled tree; a pollard.
To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
To conserve.
* 1719, (Daniel Defoe), (Robinson Crusoe)
(obsolete) To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
* (rfdate) (Evelyn)
To provide with a husband.
To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
* (The Fisherman and His Wife)
* , chapter=10
, title= The female of a pair of mated animals.
Husband is a synonym of wife.
Wife is an antonym of husband.
As nouns the difference between husband and wife
is that husband is (obsolete) the master of a house; the head of a family; a householder while wife is a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.As a verb husband
is to manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.husband
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Noun
(en noun)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.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoAntonyms
* wifeHypernyms
* 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 husbandVerb
(en verb)- For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far. — Shakespeare.
- ...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.
- Land so trim and rarely husbanded .
- (Shakespeare)
Derived terms
* husbandable * husbandrywife
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Noun
(wives)- My wife and I have decided to have a baby.
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
