Affectionate vs Intimate - What's the difference?
affectionate | intimate |
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
* 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
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* 1721 , John Rushworth, Historical Collections Of Private Passages of State, etc.: 1618—1629 , Volume 1,
* 1838 February 1, (Charles Dickens), To Catherine Dickens'', 2012, Jenny Hartley (editor), ''The Selected Letters of Charles Dickens ,
Closely acquainted; familiar.
Of or involved in a sexual relationship.
Personal; private.
A very close friend.
(in plural intimates ) Women's underwear, sleepwear, or lingerie, especially offered for sale in a store.
To suggest or disclose discreetly.
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As adjectives the difference between affectionate and intimate
is that affectionate is having affection or warm regard; loving; fond while intimate is closely acquainted; familiar.As verbs the difference between affectionate and intimate
is that affectionate is to show affection to; to have affection for while intimate is to suggest or disclose discreetly.As a noun intimate is
a very close friend.affectionate
English
Etymology 1
Partly from (etyl) affectionatus, partly from affection + .Adjective
(en adjective)- She eulogised her always warm and affectionate brother.
- the affectionate''' care of a parent; an '''affectionate''' countenance; an '''affectionate''' message; ' affectionate language
- Warwick left the undertaker's shop and retraced his steps until he had passed the lawyer's office, toward which he threw an affectionate glance.
Synonyms
* tender; lovesome; attached; loving; devoted; warm; fond; earnest; ardent. * See alsoDerived terms
* affectionatelyEtymology 2
Either from the adjective, or from affection + (modelled on Middle French affectionner).Verb
(affectionat)- Plutarch saith fitly of those who affectionate themselves to Monkies and little Dogges, that.
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- And fir?t, his Maje?ty would have you to under?tand, That there was never any King more loving to his People, or better affectionated to the right u?e of Parliaments, than his Maje?ty hath approved him?elf to be,.
page 41,
- Ever my dear Kate your affectionated husband
- CHARLES DICKENS
intimate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- an intimate friend
- He and his sister deeply valued their intimate relationship as they didn't have much else to live for.
- She enjoyed some intimate time alone with her husband.
- an intimate setting
Noun
(en noun)- Only a couple of intimates had ever read his writing.
- You'll find bras and panties in the women's intimates section upstairs.
Synonyms
* (close friend) bosom buddy, bosom friend, cater-cousinVerb
(intimat)- The Kaiser beamed. Von Bulow had praised him. Von Bulow had exalted him and humbled himself. The Kaiser could forgive anything after that. "Haven't I always told you," he exclaimed with enthusiasm, "that we complete one another famously? We should stick together, and we will!"
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Von Bulow saved himself in time—but, canny diplomat that he was, he nevertheless had made one error: he should have begun by talking about his own shortcomings and Wilhelm's superiority—not by intimating that the Kaiser was a half-wit in need of a guardian.
- He intimated that we should leave before the argument escalated.