Wife vs Cookie - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between wife and cookie

is that wife is a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse while cookie is (label) a small, flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm (often with chocolate chips, candies or nuts mixed in).

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)

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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)

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)

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cookie

English

(wikipedia cookie)

Alternative forms

* (uncommon)

Noun

(en noun)

(label) A small, flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm (often with chocolate chips, candies or nuts mixed in).

(label) A specifically American-style (l).

(label) A bun.

An (l), web cookie.

(label) A (l).

A young, attractive woman.

The female genitalia.

* 2009 , T. R. Oulds, Story of Many Secret Night , Lulu.com (2010), ISBN 9781409285816, unnumbered page:

Her legs hung over the edge and the large towel covered just enough of her lap to hide her 'cookie' .

* 2010 , Lennie Ross, Blow me , Lulu.com (2010), ISBN 9781257133819, page 47:

If she wanted to compete in this dog-eat-pussy world, she had to keep up her personal grooming, even if it meant spreading her legs and letting some Vietnamese woman rip the hair off her cookie every other week.

* 2014 , (Nicki Minaj), "" (Clean Version), (w) :

Cookie put his butt to sleep, now he callin' me Nyquil.

Synonyms

* (cake) (l), (l) (qualifier)

Derived terms

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