different between nuptials vs spousal

English

Etymology

From nuptial, borrowed from Latin n?pti?lis (“pertaining to marriage”), from n?ptiae (“wedding”) (also plural only), from n?pta, from n?b? (“to marry, to take as husband”), from Proto-Indo-European *sneubho-, *snewb?- (“to marry, wed”).

The word is cognate with French noces and Italian nozze.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?p?(?)ls/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?p(t)??ls/, /?n?p-/
• Hyphenation: nup?tials

Noun

nuptials pl (plural only)

1. A wedding ceremony. [from mid 16th c.]

Synonyms

• wedding

Related terms

• nubile
• nuptial
• nuptial act
• nuptiality

Translations

References

Further reading

• wedding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• painslut, patulins, tailspun, unplaits

English

Etymology

From spouse +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /?spa?z?l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?spa?z?l/, /?spa?s?l/

Adjective

spousal (comparative more spousal, superlative most spousal)

1. of or relating to marriage
2. of or relating to a spouse, spouses; to the relationship between spouses
   • 1592, William Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus

     There we shall consummate our spousal rites.

Derived terms

• spousal abuse
• spousal support

Translations

Noun

spousal (plural spousals)

1. (obsolete, chiefly in the plural) marriage; nuptials; espousal

   • The spousals of Hippolita.

   • Boweth your necke under that blissful yoke […] Whiche men clepen spousayle or wedloke.

   • 1867, Ralph Waldo Emerson, May-day

     The spousals of the new-born year.