Paramour vs Affair - What's the difference?
paramour | affair |
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*:For par amour I loved her first ere thou.
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*:Is this trouthe said Palomydes / Thenne shall we hastely here of sire Tristram / And as for to say that I loue la Beale Isoud peramours I dare make good that I doo / and that she hath my seruyse aboue alle other ladyes / and shalle haue the terme of my lyf
An illicit lover, either male or female.
* (rfdate), Macaulay:
That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.
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Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.
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(lb) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.
A material object (vaguely designated).
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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair , evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur ).
As nouns the difference between paramour and affair
is that paramour is an illicit lover, either male or female while affair is that which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; — often in the plural.As an adverb paramour
is passionately, out of sexual desire; devotedly.paramour
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Alternative forms
* paramoursAdverb
(-)Noun
(en noun)- The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour .
Synonyms
* (l) * (l)affair
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Noun
(en noun)The Three Corpse Trick, section=chapter 5 , passage=The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.}}