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Paramour vs Cortisone - What's the difference?

paramour | cortisone |

As nouns the difference between paramour and cortisone

is that paramour is an illicit lover, either male or female while cortisone is (steroid hormone) a corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula c21h28o5.

As an adverb paramour

is .

paramour

English

Alternative forms

* paramours

Adverb

(-)
  • *Chaucer
  • *:For par amour I loved her first ere thou.
  • *:
  • *: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

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An illicit lover, either male or female.
  • * (rfdate), Macaulay:
    • The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour .

    Synonyms

    * (l) * (l)

    cortisone

    English

    (wikipedia cortisone)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (steroid hormone) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone; 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.