The difference between Celibate and Chaste
When used as adjectives, celibate means not married, whereas chaste means abstaining from sexual intercourse.
Celibate is also noun with the meaning: one who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
Celibate is also verb with the meaning: to practice celibacy.
check bellow for the other definitions of Celibate and Chaste
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Celibate as an adjective:
Not married.
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Celibate as an adjective (by extension):
Abstaining from sexual relations and pleasures.
Examples:
"Members of religious communities sometimes take vows to remain celibate."
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Celibate as a noun:
One who is not married, especially one who has taken a religious vow not to get married, usually because of being a member of a religious community.
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Celibate as a noun (obsolete):
A celibate state; celibacy.
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Celibate as a verb (rare):
To practice celibacy
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Chaste as an adjective:
Abstaining from sexual intercourse; celibate.
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Chaste as an adjective:
Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
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Chaste as an adjective:
Austere, simple, undecorative.
Examples:
"a chaste style in composition or art"
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Chaste as an adjective:
Decent, modest, morally pure.
Examples:
"a chaste mind;  chaste eyes"