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Colleague vs Lover - What's the difference?

colleague | lover |

As nouns the difference between colleague and lover

is that colleague is a fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate while lover is one who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend.

As a verb colleague

is to unite or associate with another or with others.

colleague

English

Noun

(wikipedia colleague) (en noun)
  • A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
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    Synonyms

    * coworker * workmate * See also

    See also

    Do not confuse with: * college * collage

    Verb

    (colleagu)
  • To unite or associate with another or with others.
  • Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father.'' - ''Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)

    lover

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (dialectal or obsolete)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Love is blind, and lovers cannot see / The pretty follies that themselves commit.
  • A sexual partner.
  • A person who loves something.
  • a lover of fine wines
    a lover of his country
  • All right, me lover?

    Synonyms

    * (one who loves and cares) love, love interest, sweetheart, significant other, see also * (sexual partner) See * (person who loves something) connoisseur * (any friend) See

    Derived terms

    * lover's lane / lovers' lane