The difference between Bachelorette and Maiden

When used as nouns, bachelorette means an unmarried woman, whereas maiden means a girl or an unmarried young woman.


Maiden is also adjective with the meaning: virgin.

check bellow for the other definitions of Bachelorette and Maiden

  1. Bachelorette as a noun (North America):

    An unmarried woman.

  2. Bachelorette as a noun (Canada):

    A very small bachelor (single room) apartment.

  1. Maiden as a noun (now, _, chiefly, _, literary):

    A girl or an unmarried young woman.

  2. Maiden as a noun:

    A female virgin.

    Examples:

    "She's unmarried and still a maiden."

  3. Maiden as a noun (obsolete, dialectal):

    A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.

  4. Maiden as a noun:

    A maidservant.

  5. Maiden as a noun:

    A clothes maiden.

  6. Maiden as a noun (now, _, rare):

    An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.

  7. Maiden as a noun (horse racing):

    A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".

  8. Maiden as a noun (historical):

    A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Wharton"

  9. Maiden as a noun (cricket):

    A maiden over.

  10. Maiden as a noun (obsolete):

    A machine for washing linen.

  11. Maiden as a noun (Wicca):

  1. Maiden as an adjective:

    Virgin.

  2. Maiden as an adjective (of a female, human or animal):

    Without offspring.

  3. Maiden as an adjective:

    Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.

  4. Maiden as an adjective (figuratively):

    Being a first occurrence or event.

    Examples:

    "The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage''."

    "After Edmund Burke's maiden speech, William Pitt the Elder said Burke had "spoken in such a manner as to stop the mouths of all Europe" and that the Commons should congratulate itself on acquiring such a member."

  5. Maiden as an adjective (cricket):

    Being an over in which no runs are scored.

  6. Maiden as an adjective:

    Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.

  7. Maiden as an adjective (of a fortress):

    Never having been captured or violated.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek T. Warton"

    "rfquotek Macaulay"

  8. Maiden as an adjective (of a tree):

    Grown from seed and never pruned

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