Spouse vs. Partner

Spousenoun

A person in a marriage or marital relationship.

Spouseverb

(dated) To wed; to espouse.

Spousenoun

A man or woman engaged or joined in wedlock; a married person, husband or wife.

Spousenoun

A married man, in distinction from a spousess or married woman; a bridegroom or husband.

Spouseverb

To wed; to espouse.

Spousenoun

a person's partner in marriage

Spousenoun

a husband or wife, considered in relation to their partner.

Spouse

A spouse is a significant other in a marriage, civil union, or common-law marriage. The term is gender neutral, whereas a male spouse is a husband and a female spouse is a wife.

Partnernoun

Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.

Partnernoun

A member of a business or law partnership.

Partnernoun

A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.

Partnernoun

Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.

Partnernoun

Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.

Partnernoun

(nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.

Partnernoun

(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

Partnerverb

To make or be a partner.

Partnerverb

To work or perform as a partner.

Partnernoun

One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer.

Partnernoun

An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.

Partnernoun

A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.

Partnerverb

To associate, to join.

Partnernoun

a person's partner in marriage

Partnernoun

an associate who works with others toward a common goal;

Partnernoun

a person who is a member of a partnership

Partnerverb

provide with a partner

Partnerverb

act as a partner;

Partnernoun

either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity

Partnernoun

a person or group that takes part with another or others in doing something

Partnernoun

any of a number of individuals with interests and investments in a business or enterprise, among whom expenses, profits, and losses are shared

Partnernoun

either member of a married couple or of an established unmarried couple

Partnernoun

a person with whom one has sex; a lover

Partnernoun

a friendly form of address by one man to another

Partnernoun

a timber framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around a hole through which a mast, capstan, pump, etc. pass

Partnerverb

be the partner of

Partnerverb

associate or work together as partners