different between bachelor vs independent

English

Etymology

From Middle English bacheler, from Anglo-Norman and Old French bacheler (modern French bachelier), from Medieval Latin baccal?rius, from Late Latin baccal?ris (compare Tuscan baccalare (“squire”)).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?bæt?.?.l?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?bæt?.?.l?/, /?bæt?.l?/
• Hyphenation: ba?che?lor

Noun

bachelor (plural bachelors)

1. A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.

   • As merry and mellow an old bachelor as ever followed a hound.

   • 1933, S. N. Behrman, Queen Christina:

     I shall die a bachelor.

2. The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
3. Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
4. (Canada) A bachelor apartment.
5. (obsolete) An unmarried woman.

   • A bachelor still, by keeping of your portion :
     And keep you not alone without a husband

6. (obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
7. (obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
8. A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.

Alternative forms

• bachelour (obsolete)
• batcheler
• batchelor

Synonyms

• (academic degree): baccalaureate

Antonyms

• (unmarried person): wedder, bachelorette

Derived terms

• confirmed bachelor
• bachelor's degree
• bachelordom
• bachelorette (North America)
• bachelorhood
• Bachelor of Arts
• Bachelor of Science
• bachelor pad
• bachelor party
• bachelorship
• bachelor's button
• bachelor's fare

Translations

See also

• spinster
• divorcé
• widower

Further reading

• bachelor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bachelor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• crabhole

Danish

Etymology

From English bachelor

Noun

bachelor c (singular definite bacheloren, plural indefinite bachelorer or bachelors)

1. bachelor's degree

Declension

Synonyms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From English bachelor

Noun

bachelor m (plural bachelors)

1. bachelor (degree)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler

Noun

bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorer, definite plural bachelorene)

1. a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
2. a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)

Derived terms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bachelor” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English bachelor, from Old French bacheler

Noun

bachelor m (definite singular bacheloren, indefinite plural bachelorar, definite plural bachelorane)

1. a bachelor (person holding a bachelor's degree)
2. a bachelor's degree (bachelorgrad)

Derived terms

• bachelorgrad

References

• “bachelor” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

From French indépendant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nd??p?nd?nt/
• Hyphenation: in?de?pend?ent

Adjective

independent (comparative more independent, superlative most independent)

1. Not dependent; not contingent or depending on something else; free.
2. (politics) Not affiliated with any political party.

   the independent candidate

3. Providing a comfortable livelihood.

   an independent property

4. Not subject to bias or influence; self-directing.

   a man of an independent mind

5. Separate from; exclusive; irrespective.
   • R. P. Ward

     That obligation in general, under which we conceive ourselves bound to obey a law, independent of those resources which the law provides for its own enforcement.

Synonyms

• autonomous
• free
• self-standing

Antonyms

• contingent
• dependent

Hyponyms

• language-independent
• order-independent
• redshift-independent
• system-dependent

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Noun

independent (plural independents)

1. A candidate or voter not affiliated with any political party, a freethinker, free of a party platform.
2. A neutral or uncommitted person.
3. (sports) A team not affiliated with any league or conference.

Translations

References

• independent at OneLook Dictionary Search
• independent in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
• independent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ent

Adjective

independent (masculine and feminine plural independents)

1. independent

   Antonym: dependent

Derived terms

Related terms

• independència

Further reading

• “independent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “independent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “independent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “independent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

independent m (feminine singular independenta, masculine plural independents, feminine plural independentas)

1. independent

   Antonym: dependent

Derived terms

Related terms

• independéncia

Romanian

Etymology

From French indépendant

Adjective

independent m or n (feminine singular independent?, masculine plural independen?i, feminine and neuter plural independente)

1. independent, self-sufficient

Declension