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Wife vs Ava - What's the difference?

wife | ava |

As a noun wife

is a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.

As a verb ava is

to have, to own.

wife

English

Noun

(wives)
  • A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
    • My wife and I have decided to have a baby.
  • * (The Fisherman and His Wife)
  • * , chapter=10
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}
  • The female of a pair of mated animals.

    • Usage notes

    Although not common, wife'' can be used with ''the to indicate one's own wife. For instance, "I'd like to go, but the wife wants me home." More commonly, "my wife".

    Synonyms

    * (married woman) better half, life partner, little woman (slang), partner, significant other, spouse * See also

    Antonyms

    * (married woman) husband, were (obsolete)

    See also

    * uxorial

    Derived terms

    (Terms derived from the noun "wife") * (From woman) alewife * (partner) co-wife * (partner) ex-wife * (woman) fishwife * (woman) goodwife * (partner) housewife * (partner) huswife * (partner) man and wife/I now declare you man and wife * (woman) midwife * (woman) old wife/old-wife/oldwife * (woman) pudding-wife * seawife * sister-wife * spaewife * (partner) trophy wife * (partner) wife-beater * (woman/partner) wifehood * (partner) wifeless * (woman) wifely * (partner) wifey (wife)

    See also

    * (wikipedia "wife")

    References

    *

    Statistics

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    ava

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • . Popular in the 2000s in all English-speaking countries.
  • * 1881 Mary E. Jackson: The Spy of Osawatomie; or, The Mysterious Companions of Old John Brown , W.S.Bryan 1881, page 57
    • Ava Haynes, the oldest daughter, was a warm friend of Lillie Calhoun, whom she soon sought and led quickly into the conservatory.
  • * 2004 Gayle Brandeis, The Book of Dead Birds: A Novel , HarperCollins, ISBN 0060528044, page 5
    • My mother named me Ava because she liked how the English letters looked - the big A a beak pointed upward, the v a sharp slash of wings, the small a round and flat as a parrot's eye.
  • A city in Illinois.
  • A city in Missouri.
  • A town in New York.
  • An unincorporated community in Ohio.
    • English palindromes