The difference between Husband and Significant other
When used as nouns, husband means the master of a house, whereas significant other means one's romantic partner, regardless of marital status or gender.
Husband is also verb with the meaning: to manage or administer carefully and frugally.
check bellow for the other definitions of Husband and Significant other
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Husband as a noun (obsolete):
The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.
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Husband as a noun (obsolete):
A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.
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Husband as a noun (archaic):
A prudent or frugal manager.
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Husband as a noun:
A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.
Examples:
"You should start dating so you can find a suitable husband."
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Husband as a noun:
The male of a pair of animals.
Examples:
"rfquotek Dryden"
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Husband as a noun (UK):
A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.
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Husband as a noun:
A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.
Examples:
"While reading her book, Sally leaned back against her husband, wishing it were the human kind."
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Husband as a noun (UK, _, dialectal):
A polled tree; a pollard.
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Husband as a verb (transitive):
To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.
Examples:
"For my means, I'll husband them so well, / They shall go far.'' — Shakespeare."
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Husband as a verb (transitive):
To conserve.
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Husband as a verb (transitive, obsolete):
To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.
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Husband as a verb (transitive):
To provide with a husband.
Examples:
"rfquotek Shakespeare"
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Husband as a verb (transitive):
To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.
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Significant other as a noun:
One's romantic partner, regardless of marital status or gender.
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Significant other as a noun:
A person with whom one has an important bond of some kind.