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Kiss vs Marry - What's the difference?

kiss | marry |

In transitive terms the difference between kiss and marry

is that kiss is to mark a cross (X) after one's name on a card, etc while marry is to unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.

In intransitive terms the difference between kiss and marry

is that kiss is of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion while marry is to enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.

As a noun kiss

is a touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.

As a phrase KISS

is acronym of Keep it simple stupid|lang=en.

As an interjection marry is

indeed!, in truth!; a term of asseveration.

kiss

English

Verb

(es)
  • (lb) To touch with the lips or press the lips against, usually to express love or affection or passion, or as part of a greeting.
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:Hekissed her lips with such a clamorous smack, / That at the parting all the church echoed.
  • *
  • *:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ΒΆ, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
  • (lb) To touch lightly or slightly; to come into contact.
  • :
  • *(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
  • *:Like fire and powder, / Which as they kiss consume.
  • * (1809-1892)
  • *:Rose, rose and clematis, / Trail and twine and clasp and kiss .
  • (lb) Of two or more people, to touch each other's lips together, usually to express love or affection or passion.
  • (lb) To mark a cross (X) after one's name on a card, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * to kiss each other (3) * to kiss one another (3) * See also

    Noun

    (es)
  • A touch with the lips, usually to express love or affection, or as a greeting.
  • An 'X' mark placed at the end of a letter or other type of message.
  • A type of filled chocolate candy, shaped as if someone had kissed the top. See (w, Hershey's Kisses).

    • Derived terms

    * ass kissing * blow a kiss * French kiss * good night kiss * kiss and cry * kiss and make up * kiss ass, kiss-ass * kiss chase * kiss goodbye * kisser * kiss my ass/kiss my arse * kiss of death * kiss off * kiss of life * kissogram * kiss the gunner's daughter * kiss the hem of someone's garment * kiss-up * kiss up * soul kiss * tongue kiss

    See also

    * x * xo * xoxo * xoxoxo * xxx

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    marry

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) marien, from (etyl) marier, from (etyl) .(ae)J.P. Mallory and D.Q. Adams, Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture , s.v. "woman" (London: Dearborn Fitzroy, 1997), 656.)

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
    • Neither of her daughters showed any desire to marry .
  • * 1641', Evelyn, ''Diary'', quoted in '''1869 by Edward J. Wood in ''The Wedding Day in All Ages and Countries , volume 2, page 241:
    • Evelyn, in his "Diary," under date 1641, says that at Haerlem "they showed us a cottage where, they told us, dwelt a woman who had been married to her twenty-fifth husband, and, being now a widow, was prohibited to marry in future; "
  • * 1755 , The Holy Bible, both Old and New Testament, Digested, Illustrated, and Explained , second edition, page 59:
    • But Esau'', being now forty years of age, took a false step by marrying not only without his parents consent; but with two wives, daughters of the ''Hittites .
  • (in passive) To be joined (to) (someone) as spouse according to law or custom.
    • She was not happily married .
    His daughter was married some five years ago to a tailor's apprentice.
  • To arrange for the marriage of; to give away as wife or husband.
  • * 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Matthew XXIII:
    • The kyngdome of heven is lyke unto a certayne kinge, which maryed his sonne [...].
    He was eager to marry his daughter to a nobleman.
  • To take as husband or wife.
    • In some cultures, it is acceptable for an uncle to marry his niece.
  • (figuratively) To unite; to join together into a close union.
    • The attempt to marry medieval plainsong with speed metal produced interesting results.
  • * (rfdate), Bible (KJV), Jeremiah 3.14:
    • Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you.
  • To unite in wedlock or matrimony; to perform the ceremony of joining spouses; to bring about a marital union according to the laws or customs of a place.
    • A justice of the peace will marry Jones and Smith.
  • * (rfdate), Gay, The what d'ye call it :
    • Tell him that he shall marry the couple himself.
  • (nautical) To place (two ropes) alongside each other so that they may be grasped and hauled on at the same time.
  • (nautical) To join (two ropes) end to end so that both will pass through a block.
    • Synonyms
    * get married * wed * dowrying
    Antonyms
    * divorce
    Derived terms
    * * married sector
    Related terms
    * marriage * gay marry

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) Marie, referring to Mary, the Virgin Mary.(marry) Mid-14th century.

    Interjection

    (en-interj)!
  • (obsolete) indeed!, in truth!; a term of asseveration.
  • * William Shakespeare, King Henry IV, Part ii , Act 1, Scene 2,
    • I have chequed him for it, and the young lion repents; marry , not in ashes and sackcloth, but in new silk and old sack.

    References

    See also

    * * wed English reciprocal verbs 1000 English basic words