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Romance vs Fauxmance - What's the difference?

romance | fauxmance |

As nouns the difference between romance and fauxmance

is that romance is an intimate relationship between two people; a love affair while fauxmance is a fake romance between celebrities, arranged for publicity.

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)
  • 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.
    • His life was a romance .
  • A dreamy, imaginative habit of mind; a disposition to ignore what is real.
    • a girl full of romance
  • (music) A romanza, or sentimental ballad.

    • Antonyms

    * platonic, platonic relationship, platonic love

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "romance")

    Derived terms

    * bromance * womance

    Verb

  • Woo; court.
  • To write or tell romantic stories, poetry, letters, etc.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    fauxmance

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fake romance between celebrities, arranged for publicity.
  • * 2008 , Sabrina Bryan, Julia DeVillers, Princess of Gossip , page 307,
    • “Their fauxmance ?” I asked. “What are you talking about?"
    “Fake romance,” Lee said. “Haley and Kevin are both Monica's clients. She had them fake-date for publicity. And it worked, their pictures are everywhere.”
    My head was whirling. I'd been set up to take that picture. Haley and Kevin were only fake-dating and I'd broken their fauxmance on Princess of Gossip. And it hit me. Princess of Gossip was based on a lie.
  • * 2008 , Ann Donahue, Ugly Betty: The Book ,
    • Their fauxmance is put to the test when Marc's mom has dinner at Casa Suarez.
  • * 2011', Brendan Halpin, Emily Franklin, ''Jenna & Jonah's '''Fauxmance , Walker & Company, ISBN: 9780802723420.