Lover vs Hubby - What's the difference?
lover | hubby |
One who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend.
* Shakespeare
A sexual partner.
A person who loves something.
(informal, term of endearment) husband
(US) Full of hubs or protuberances.
As nouns the difference between lover and hubby
is that lover is one who loves and cares for another person in a romantic way; a sweetheart, love, soulmate, boyfriend, or girlfriend while hubby is husband.As an adjective hubby is
full of hubs or protuberances.lover
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal or obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Love is blind, and lovers cannot see / The pretty follies that themselves commit.
- 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) SeeDerived terms
* lover's lane / lovers' lanehubby
English
Etymology 1
Diminutive of (husband) with (-y).Noun
(hubbies)- Laura thought Jack was the most wonderful hubby in the world.
Etymology 2
Adjective
(er)- A road that has been frozen while muddy is hubby .