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Partner vs Chaperon - What's the difference?

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Partner is a related term of chaperon.


As nouns the difference between partner and chaperon

is that partner is partner, associate while chaperon is an adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.

As a verb chaperon is

to accompany, to escort.

partner

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
  • # A member of a business or law partnership
  • #* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 548:
  • He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner .
  • # A spouse or domestic partner
  • # Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
  • #*
  • He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].
  • (nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
  • (Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to make or be a partner
  • to work or perform as a partner

    • Descendants

    * French: partenaire (g) 1000 English basic words ----

    chaperon

    English

    (wikipedia chaperon)

    Alternative forms

    * chaperone

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
  • A hood, especially, an ornamental or official hood.
  • * Howell
    • His head and face covered with a chaperon , out of which there are but two holes to look through.
  • A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to accompany, to escort
  • to mother

    • Anagrams

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