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Unmarried vs Nonmarital - What's the difference?

unmarried | nonmarital |

As adjectives the difference between unmarried and nonmarital

is that unmarried is having no husband or wife while nonmarital is not in a marital relationship; unmarried to one another.

As a noun unmarried

is an unmarried person.

unmarried

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having no husband or wife.

    • Antonyms

    * married

    Synonyms

    * single * unhitched

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An unmarried person.

    • nonmarital

    English

    Alternative forms

    *non-marital

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not in a marital relationship; unmarried to one another
  • *{{quote-news, year=1988, date=March 18, author=Marianna Beck, title=What's a Wife Worth?, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=The case was tried under a breach-of-contract theory and the court ruled in favor of Triola, ruling that an express oral contract between parties could be enforced even between nonmarital partners. }}