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Religious vs Widow - What's the difference?

religious | widow |

As nouns the difference between religious and widow

is that religious is a member of a religious order, ie a monk or nun while widow is a woman whose husband has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.

As an adjective religious

is concerning religion.

As a verb widow is

to make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.

religious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Concerning religion.
    • It is the job of this court to rule on legal matters. We do not consider religious issues.
  • Committed to the practice of religion.
    • I was much more religious as a teenager than I am now.
  • Highly dedicated, as one would be to a religion.
    • I'm a religious fan of college basketball.

    Antonyms

    * (concerning religion) * (committed to religion) * (highly dedicated)

    Hyponyms

    * Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Buddhist, Baha'i, Wiccan, Eckist, Druid, Jain, , Sikh, Taoist, Zoroastrian, Unitarian Universalist, New Ager, reconstructionist, LaVeyan Satanist, Scientologist, Rastafarian, Taoist, pagan, spiritist, humanist, Thelemite, Confucianist

    Related terms

    * irreligious * religion * religious education * religious leader * religious order * religious studies * religiously * religiousness * sacrilegious

    Noun

    (religious)
  • A member of a religious order, i.e. a monk or nun.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 354:
    • Towards the end of the seventh century the monks of Fleury [...] clandestinely excavated the body of Benedict himself, plus the corpse of his even more shadowy sister and fellow religious , Scholastica.

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    widow

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman whose husband has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
  • (informal, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
  • * 1988', Emily Parry, " For a Bowling '''Widow , a Split Isn't Just Two Lonely Pins," ''New York Times , 27 Nov.,
    • I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow , but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league.
  • An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
  • (printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
  • A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus .

    • Related terms

    * widower * widowhood

    Derived terms

    * black widow * golf widow * grass widow * widow bird * widow-maker

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.
    • English transitive verbs