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Leaves vs Leavee - What's the difference?

leaves | leavee |

As nouns the difference between leaves and leavee

is that leaves is or leaves can be while leavee is the person in a relationship who is left by the other.

As a verb leaves

is (leave).

leaves

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(head)

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (head)
  • (leave)

    • Statistics

    * English terms with multiple etymologies

    leavee

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The person in a relationship who is left by the other.
  • * 2009 , Lisa Rene Reynolds, Still a Family: A Guide to Good Parenting Through Divorce (page 125)
    • The leavee is the one who may not have been quite ready to give up on the relationship and so may feel still committed in some way to the marriage.