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Tryst vs Date - What's the difference?

tryst | date |

In obsolete terms the difference between tryst and date

is that tryst is a mutual agreement, a covenant while date is given or assigned length of life; duration.

In intransitive terms the difference between tryst and date

is that tryst is to keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time while date is to become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.

In transitive terms the difference between tryst and date

is that tryst is to arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.) while date is to have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with.

tryst

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A prearranged meeting or assignation, now especially between lovers to meet at a specific place and time.
  • * Tennyson
    • The tenderest-hearted maid / That ever bided tryst at village stile.
  • * 2004 , , The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life , page 11
    • But, for the most part, we shall mark our progress to the dawn of life by the measure of those 40 natural milestones, the trysts that enrich our pilgrimage.
  • * 2005 , , The Pig that Wants to be Eaten: And 99 other thought experiments , ?91: “No one gets hurt”, page 271 (Granta; ISBN 1862078556, 9781862078550)
    • If someone trusts you, what is lost if you betray that trust? As Scarlett is tempted to see it, sometimes nothing at all. If her husband remains ignorant of her tryst , then his trust in her will remain intact. ‘No one gets hurt’ runs her reasoning, so why not go ahead?
  • (obsolete) A mutual agreement, a covenant.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make a tryst; to agree to meet at a place.
  • To arrange or appoint (a meeting time etc.).
  • To keep a tryst, to meet at an agreed place and time.

    • date

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) datte, from (etyl) dactylus, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera , somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
    • We made a nice cake from dates .
  • The date palm.
    • There were a few dates planted around the house.
    Derived terms
    * date fish * date mussel * date palm * date plum * date shell * date tree

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) date, and Die.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made.
    • the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
    US date''' : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK '''date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
  • * 1681 , (John Dryden), The Spanish Friar
    • And bonds without a date , they say, are void.
  • The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle. A specific day.
    • the date for pleading
  • * 1844 , (Mark Akenside), (The Pleasures of the Imagination), Book II
    • He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fix'd the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest.
    Do you know the date of the wedding?
    We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
  • A point in time
    • You may need that at a later date .
  • (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
  • * (rfdate) (Alexander Pope),
    • What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date .
  • (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
  • * (rfdate) (Edmund Spenser),
    • Good luck prolonged hath thy date .
  • * (rfdate) (George Chapman) (translator), (Homer) (author), (w) , Volume 1, Book IV, lines 282–5,
    • As now Saturnius, through his life's whole date ,
    Hath Nestor's bliss raised to as steep a state,
    Both in his age to keep in peace his house,
    And to have children wise and valorous.
  • A pre-arranged social meeting.
    • I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
  • A companion when one is partaking in a social occasion.
    • I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date .
  • A meeting with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
    • We really hit it off on the first date , so we decided to meet the week after.
    We slept together on the first date .
    The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date .
    Derived terms
    * * blind date * date night * date of birth * date rape * double date * due date * expiry date, expiration date * sell-by date * speed date * transaction date * use-by date
    Descendants
    * German:

    Verb

    (dat)
  • To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
  • * (rfdate) (Joseph Addison)
    • You will be surprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois.
  • * 1801 [1796 January], (William Cobbett), A New Year's Gift'', ''Porcupine's works , footnote, page 430,
    • I keep to the very words of the letter; but that, by "this State," is meant the State of Pennsylvania, cannot be doubted, especially when we see that the letter is dated at Philadelphia.
  • * 1913 [1863], (Marcus Aurelius), , G. Bell and Sons, page 227,
    • In these countries much of his Journal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them; and there, a few weeks before his fifty-ninth birthday, he fell sick and died.
  • To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of.
  • To determine the age of something.
  • To take (someone) on a series of dates.
  • To have a steady relationship with, to be romantically involved with.
  • * 2008 May 15, NEWS.com.au , "Jessica Simpson upset John Mayer dating Jennifer Aniston":
    • Jessica Simpson reportedly went on a drinking binge after discovering ex-boyfriend John Mayer is dating Jennifer Aniston.
  • Of a couple, to be in a romantic relationship.
  • To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
  • To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
  • * (rfdate) (Edward Everett)
    • The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)
    • , title=(The China Governess) , chapter=Foreword citation , passage=He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
    Usage notes
    * To note the time of writing one may say dated at' or ' from a place.

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