Romance vs Affair - What's the difference?
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An intimate relationship between two people; a love affair.
A strong obsession or attachment for something or someone.
Love which is pure or beautiful.
A mysterious, exciting, or fascinating quality.
A story or novel dealing with idealised love.
An embellished account of something; an idealised lie.
An adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances.
A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
(music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.
Woo; court.
To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.
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.
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, title= An adulterous relationship (from affaire de cœur ).
As nouns the difference between romance and affair
is that romance is an intimate relationship between two people; a love affair 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 a verb romance
is woo; court.As an adjective Romance
is of or dealing with languages or cultures derived from Roman influence and Latin: Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, Occitan, Corsican, etc.romance
English
(wikipedia romance)Noun
(en noun)- His life was a romance .
- a girl full of romance
Antonyms
* platonic, platonic relationship, platonic loveQuotations
* (English Citations of "romance")Derived terms
* bromance * womanceVerb
Anagrams
* ----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.}}