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Swinging vs Cuckold - What's the difference?

swinging | cuckold |

As nouns the difference between swinging and cuckold

is that swinging is the act or motion of that which swings while cuckold is a man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

As verbs the difference between swinging and cuckold

is that swinging is present participle of lang=en while cuckold is to make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.

As an adjective swinging

is fine, good, successful.

swinging

English

(wikipedia swinging)

Noun

  • The act or motion of that which swings.
  • * 1973 , Socialist Review (volume 8, page 331)
    • Mr. Henderson's chief trouble seems to be that he cannot forget his old shiftiness of views and his pendulum-like swingings between Liberalism and Independent Labourism
  • An activity where couples engage in sexual activity with different partners.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (informal) Fine, good, successful.
    • The party was swinging .

    cuckold

    English

    (cuckold) (Rhinesomus) (Scrawled cowfish)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
  • * 1546 ,
    • If I never marry, I shall never be a cuckold .
  • A West Indian plectognath fish, .
  • The cowfish, and allied species.

    • Usage notes

    * This was a standard comic figure in medieval and Shakespearean drama.

    Quotations

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    Synonyms

    * , smooth trunkfish

    Hyponyms

    * (a man married to an unfaithful wife) wittol, mari complaisant

    Derived terms

    * cuckolder * cuckoldry * cuckquean

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a cuckold of someone by being unfaithful, or by seducing his wife.
  • * 2008 , , Questionable Content 1319: The Flimsiest of Logic
    • Hey, I would never cuckold one of my friends. That’s way not cool.

    Quotations

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