different between playmate vs girlfriend
playmate
English
Etymology
From play +? mate. Compare earlier playfeer (“playmate”) of similar construction.
Noun
playmate (plural playmates)
- A companion for someone (especially a child) to play with.
- An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
- A female who has appeared as the centerfold in Playboy magazine.
- (euphemistic) A person's lover.
Synonyms
- (companion for playing): playfellow
Translations
Anagrams
- metaplay, teamplay
playmate From the web:
girlfriend
English
Alternative forms
- girl friend, girl-friend
Etymology
girl +? friend
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???lf??nd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????lf??nd/
- Hyphenation: girl?friend
Noun
girlfriend (plural girlfriends)
- A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
- Coordinate terms: boyfriend, fiancée, lover, partner, significant other, sweetheart, wife, lady friend
- A female friend.
- Synonym: (slang) chickfriend
- Coordinate terms: buddy, friend, pal, BFF
Usage notes
- The term is used to refer to any girl or woman in a romantic relationship with another person.
- An adult woman in such a non-marital relationship is sometimes referred to instead as a significant other or partner, especially if the two partners are living together. Because girlfriend and partner mean different things to different people, the distinctions between the terms are subjective, and which term is used in a relationship will ultimately be determined by personal preference.
- The use of girlfriend for a female non-romantic friend of another female is limited in geographic distribution and sometimes preferred by older generations of speakers.
- Sometimes used as a term of address among men, particularly gay men.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Hindi: ??????????? (garlfre??)
- ? Japanese: ??????? (g?rufurendo)
- ? Korean: ???? (geolpeurendeu)
- ? Russian: ????????? (gjorlfr??nd)
- ? Urdu: ??? ?????? (garl fren?)
Translations
Anagrams
- friend girl, friendgirl
girlfriend From the web:
- what girlfriend are you quiz
- what girlfriends want for christmas
- what girlfriends character am i
- what girlfriend means
- what girlfriend am i
- what girlfriends want
- what girlfriend are you
- what girlfriends like to be called
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