Wife vs Egg - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between wife and egg

is that wife is a married woman, especially in relation to her spouse while egg is (zoology|countable) an approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.

As a verb egg is

to throw eggs at or egg can be to encourage, incite.

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)

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)

References

Statistics

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egg

English

(wikipedia egg)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) egge, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)

(zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.

(countable) The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food.

(uncountable) The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.

(biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Katrina G. Claw

, title= Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.}}

Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.

A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.

(mildly, pejorative, slang, ethnic slur), (potentially offensive) A person of Caucasian (Western) ancestry, who has a strong desire to learn about and immerse him- or herself in East Asian culture, and/or such a person who is perceived as behaving as if he or she were Asian (from the "white" outside and "yellow" inside).

(NZ, pejorative) A foolish or obnoxious person.

In terms such as good egg'', ''bad egg'', ''tough egg etc., a person, fellow.

Verb

(en verb)

To throw eggs at.

To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).

To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.

After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.

Derived terms

* * * * * * * * * * * egg-nog, eggnog * egg-shell, eggshell * * * * * * * * * * * * * scrambled egg, scrambled eggs *

Etymology 2

From (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To encourage, incite.

Derived terms

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