Virgin vs Innocent - What's the difference?
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A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
(informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) Milton
* 1913 , (DH Lawrence), Sons and Lovers , Penguin 2006, p. 294:
* 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 314:
Of a physical object, untouched.
* (and other bibliographic particulars) Shakespeare
Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.
* 1606 , , IV. iii. 16:
Bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act.
Naive; artless.
* 1600 , , V. ii. 37:
(obsolete) Not harmful; innocuous; harmless.
* Alexander Pope
Having no knowledge (of something).
Lacking (something).
Lawful; permitted.
Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture.
Those who are innocent; young children.
As nouns the difference between virgin and innocent
is that virgin is a person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all while innocent is those who are innocent; young children.As adjectives the difference between virgin and innocent
is that virgin is in a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse while innocent is (pure, free from sin, untainted)Free from guilt, sin, or immorality.As a proper noun Virgin
is mary, the mother of Jesus.virgin
English
(wikipedia virgin)Noun
(en noun)- I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin .
Synonyms
* (person who has never had sexual intercourse) maiden (dated; used of a woman only''), unicorn bait (qualifier), virgo intacta (''medical term; used of a woman only ), vestalAdjective
(-)- Innocence and virgin modesty / That would be wooed, and unsought be won.
- He was now about twenty-three years old, and, though still virgin , the sex instinct that Miriam had over refined for so long now grew particularly strong.
- Helvidius took the plain meaning of scripture to say that Jesus patently had brothers and sisters, so therefore his mother, Mary, had enjoyed a normal family life rather than remaining perpetually virgin .
- the white cold virgin snow upon my heart
- virgin''' prairie'', ''a '''virgin ecosystem'', ''virgin forest
- The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.
- a virgin daiquiri
Synonyms
* (of a physical object) brand new, pristine, unspoilt, untouchedDerived terms
* extra virgin * virginal * virgin birth, Virgin Birth * virginity * Virgin Islands * Virgin MaryAnagrams
* * ----innocent
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- to offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb
- I can find out no rhyme to / 'lady' but 'baby' – an innocent rhyme;
- an innocent medicine or remedy
- The spear / Sung innocent , and spent its force in air.
- an innocent trade
- innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation
Synonyms
* (free from blame or guilt) sackless * (free from sin) pure, untainted * See alsoAntonyms
* (bearing no legal responsibility for a wrongful act) guilty, nocentNoun
(en noun)- The slaughter of the innocents was a significant event in the New Testament.