Widow vs Unmarried - What's the difference?
widow | unmarried |
A woman whose husband has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.
(informal, in combination) A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.
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An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
(printing) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.
A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus .
To make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.
English transitive verbs
As nouns the difference between widow and unmarried
is that widow is a woman whose husband has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower while unmarried is an unmarried person.As a verb widow
is to make a widow (or widower) of someone; to cause the death of one's spouse.As an adjective unmarried is
having no husband or wife.widow
English
Noun
(en noun)For a Bowling '''Widow, a Split Isn't Just Two Lonely Pins," ''New York Times , 27 Nov.,
- I had been feeling like a bowling-alley widow , but knew he loved the game, so I suggested we join a mixed league.