Love vs. Affair

Lovenoun

(uncountable) Strong affection.

Lovenoun

A profound and caring affection towards someone.

Lovenoun

Affectionate, benevolent concern or care for other people or beings, and for their well-being.

Lovenoun

A feeling of intense attraction towards someone.

Lovenoun

A deep or abiding liking for something; an enthusiasm for something.

Lovenoun

(countable) A person who is the object of romantic feelings; a darling, a sweetheart, a beloved.

Lovenoun

A term of friendly address, regardless of feelings.

Lovenoun

A thing, activity, etc which is the object of one's deep liking or enthusiasm.

Lovenoun

(euphemistic) Sexual desire; attachment based on sexual attraction.

Lovenoun

(euphemistic) Sexual activity.

Lovenoun

An instance or episode of being in love; a love affair.

Lovenoun

Used as the closing, before the signature, of a letter, especially between good friends or family members, or by the young.

Lovenoun

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Lovenoun

(obsolete) A thin silk material.

Lovenoun

A climbing plant, Clematis vitalba''.

Lovenoun

(racquet sports) Zero, no score.

Loveverb

To have a strong affection for (someone or something).

Loveverb

(transitive) To need, thrive on.

Loveverb

To be strongly inclined towards something; an emphatic form of like.

Loveverb

To care deeply about, to be dedicated to (someone or something).

Loveverb

(transitive) To derive delight from a fact or situation.

Loveverb

(transitive) To lust for.

Loveverb

To have sex with, (perhaps from make love.)

Loveverb

To praise; commend.

Loveverb

To praise as of value; prize; set a price on.

Lovenoun

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preëminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderness; as, the love of brothers and sisters.

Lovenoun

Especially, devoted attachment to, or tender or passionate affection for, one of the opposite sex.

Lovenoun

Courtship; - chiefly in the phrase to make love, i. e., to court, to woo, to solicit union in marriage.

Lovenoun

Affection; kind feeling; friendship; strong liking or desire; fondness; good will; - opposed to hate; often with of and an object.

Lovenoun

Due gratitude and reverence to God.

Lovenoun

The object of affection; - often employed in endearing address; as, he held his love in his arms; his greatest love was reading.

Lovenoun

Cupid, the god of love; sometimes, Venus.

Lovenoun

A thin silk stuff.

Lovenoun

A climbing species of Clematis (Clematis Vitalba).

Lovenoun

Nothing; no points scored on one side; - used in counting score at tennis, etc.

Lovenoun

Sexual intercourse; - a euphemism.

Loveverb

To have a feeling of love for; to regard with affection or good will; as, to love one's children and friends; to love one's country; to love one's God.

Loveverb

To regard with passionate and devoted affection, as that of one sex for the other.

Loveverb

To take delight or pleasure in; to have a strong liking or desire for, or interest in; to be pleased with; to like; as, to love books; to love adventures.

Loveverb

To have the feeling of love; to be in love.

Lovenoun

a strong positive emotion of regard and affection;

Lovenoun

any object of warm affection or devotion;

Lovenoun

a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

Lovenoun

a deep feeling of sexual desire and attraction;

Lovenoun

a score of zero in tennis or squash;

Lovenoun

sexual activities (often including sexual intercourse) between two people;

Loveverb

have a great affection or liking for;

Loveverb

get pleasure from;

Loveverb

be enamored or in love with;

Loveverb

have sexual intercourse with;

Love

Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the love of a mother differs from the love of a spouse, which differs from the love of food.

Affairnoun

(often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public.

Affairnoun

Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely.

Affairnoun

(military) An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

Affairnoun

A material object (vaguely designated).

Affairnoun

An adulterous relationship. (from affaire de cœur).

Affairnoun

A romantic relationship with someone who is not one's regular partner (boyfriend, girlfriend).

Affairnoun

A person with whom someone has an adulterous relationship.

Affairnoun

A party or social gathering, especially of a formal nature.

Affairnoun

The (male or female) genitals.

Affairnoun

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; - often in the plural. "At the head of affairs." Junius.

Affairnoun

Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely; as, an affair of honor, i. e., a duel; an affair of love, i. e., an intrigue.

Affairnoun

An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle.

Affairnoun

Action; endeavor.

Affairnoun

A material object (vaguely designated).

Affairnoun

a vaguely specified concern;

Affairnoun

a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Affairnoun

a vaguely specified social event;

Affairnoun

an event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to

Affairnoun

a matter that is a particular person's concern or responsibility

Affairnoun

matters of public interest and importance

Affairnoun

business and financial dealings

Affairnoun

a love affair

Affairnoun

an object of a particular type

Affair

An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has a formal or informal commitment to a third person, who may neither agree to, nor even know of, the affair.