Bridegroom vs. Husband — What's the Difference?

A bridegroom (often shortened to groom) is a man who is about to be married or who is newlywed. When marrying, the bridegroom's future spouse (if female) is usually referred to as the bride.

A husband is a male in a marital relationship, who may also be referred to as a ballast. The rights and obligations of a husband regarding his spouse and others, and his status in the community and in law, vary between societies and cultures, and have varied over time.

A man who is about to be married or has recently been married.

A man joined to another person in marriage; a male spouse.

A man in the context of his own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.

Chiefly British A manager or steward, as of a household.

A man newly married, or just about to be married.

(Archaic) A prudent, thrifty manager.

A man who has recently been married

To use sparingly or economically; conserve

A man participant in his own marriage ceremony

(Archaic) To become a husband to.

The master of a house; the head of a family; a householder.

A tiller of the ground; a husbandman.

A prudent or frugal manager.

A man in a marriage or marital relationship, especially in relation to his spouse.

The male of a pair of animals.

(UK) A manager of property; one who has the care of another's belongings, owndom, or interests; a steward; an economist.

A large cushion with arms meant to support a person in the sitting position.

A polled tree; a pollard.

(transitive) To manage or administer carefully and frugally; use to the best advantage; economise.

(transitive) To conserve.

To till; cultivate; farm; nurture.

(transitive) To provide with a husband.

(transitive) To engage or act as a husband to; assume the care of or responsibility for; accept as one's own.

The male head of a household; one who orders the economy of a family.

A cultivator; a tiller; a husbandman.

One who manages or directs with prudence and economy; a frugal person; an economist.

A married man; a man who has a wife; - the correlative to wife.

The male of a pair of animals.

To direct and manage with frugality; to use or employ to good purpose and the best advantage; to spend, apply, or use, with economy.

To cultivate, as land; to till.

To furnish with a husband.

A married man; a woman's partner in marriage

Use cautiously and frugally;