The difference between Maiden and Virgin
When used as nouns, maiden means a girl or an unmarried young woman, whereas virgin means a person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
When used as adjectives, maiden means virgin, whereas virgin means in a state of virginity.
check bellow for the other definitions of Maiden and Virgin
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Maiden as a noun (now, _, chiefly, _, literary):
A girl or an unmarried young woman.
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Maiden as a noun:
A female virgin.
Examples:
"She's unmarried and still a maiden."
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Maiden as a noun (obsolete, dialectal):
A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
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Maiden as a noun:
A maidservant.
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Maiden as a noun:
A clothes maiden.
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Maiden as a noun (now, _, rare):
An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
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Maiden as a noun (horse racing):
A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
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Maiden as a noun (historical):
A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.
Examples:
"rfquotek Wharton"
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Maiden as a noun (cricket):
A maiden over.
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Maiden as a noun (obsolete):
A machine for washing linen.
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Maiden as a noun (Wicca):
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Maiden as an adjective:
Virgin.
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Maiden as an adjective (of a female, human or animal):
Without offspring.
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Maiden as an adjective:
Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
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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."
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Maiden as an adjective (cricket):
Being an over in which no runs are scored.
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Maiden as an adjective:
Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
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Maiden as an adjective (of a fortress):
Never having been captured or violated.
Examples:
"rfquotek T. Warton"
"rfquotek Macaulay"
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Maiden as an adjective (of a tree):
Grown from seed and never pruned
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Virgin as a noun:
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
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Virgin as a noun (informal):
One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
Examples:
"I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin."
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Virgin as a noun:
Any of several species of of the family Lycaenidae.
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Virgin as a noun:
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
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Virgin as an adjective (usually, not comparable):
In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
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Virgin as an adjective:
Of a physical object, untouched.
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Virgin as an adjective:
Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
Examples:
"virgin prairie'', ''a virgin ecosystem'', ''[[virgin forest]]"
"virgin clay, i.e. clay that has never been fired"
"The virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans."
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Virgin as an adjective:
Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
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Virgin as an adjective (usually, not comparable):
Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
Examples:
"a virgin daiquiri"