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Lovee vs Loved - What's the difference?

lovee | loved |

As a noun lovee

is one who is loved; a recipient of love.

As a verb loved is

past tense of love.

As an adjective loved is

being the object of love.

lovee

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who is loved; a recipient of love.
  • * 1999 , James R. Ozinga, Altruism (page 11)
  • One might even describe a monitored feedback loop that permits one to sense when insufficient loving is returning from the lovee , causing a lessening of the lover's efforts.
  • * 2009 , Jonar Nader, How to Lose Friends and Infuriate Lovers (page 92)
  • It's just that one is the lover, while the other is the lovee . Together, they make love. One has an obligation to nurture, and the other has a duty of care.

    loved

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (love)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Being the object of love.
  • * 1997', Charlie W. Shedd, ''How to Make People Really Feel '''Loved : And Other Life-Giving Observations , Vine Books, ISBN 1569550131.
  • * 1999', Valerie Grove, ''Laurie Lee: The Well-'''Loved Stranger , Penguin Books (2001), ISBN 0140276882.
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