Suitor vs Fiance - What's the difference?
suitor | fiance |
(legal) A party to a suit or litigation.
One who sues, petitions, solicits, or entreats; a petitioner.
One who sues for the hand of a woman in marriage; a wooer; one who courts a mistress.
A man who is engaged to be married.
A person engaged to be married.
* 2009 , B. R. Laine, Tales from Suffolk County , page 107:
As nouns the difference between suitor and fiance
is that suitor is (legal) a party to a suit or litigation while fiance is .As verbs the difference between suitor and fiance
is that suitor is to play the suitor; to woo; to make love while fiance is (obsolete) to betroth; to affiance.suitor
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* suitour (obsolete)Noun
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*fiance
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* fianceNoun
(en noun)- West said that she was proud of their relationship and is looking forward to meeting his fiancé .