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Companion vs. Wife — What's the Difference?

Companion vs. Wife — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Companion and Wife

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Companion

A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade.

Wife

A wife is a woman in a marriage. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage legally dissolves with a divorce judgement.

Companion

A domestic partner.

Wife

A woman joined to another person in marriage; a female spouse.

Companion

A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another.
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Wife

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
The Fisherman and His Wife

Companion

One of a pair or set of things; a mate.

Wife

The female of a pair of mated animals.
A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.

Companion

A companionway.

Wife

(Scotland) woman.

Companion

To be a companion to; accompany.

Wife

To marry (a woman)

Companion

A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or accompanies
His dog has been his trusted companion for the last five years.

Wife

A woman; an adult female; - now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.
On the green he saw sitting a wife.

Companion

(dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.

Wife

The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; - correlative of husband.
Let every one you . . . so love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Companion

(nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.

Wife

A married woman; a man's partner in marriage

Companion

(nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.

Companion

(topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.

Companion

(figuratively) A thing or phenomenon that is closely associated with another thing, phenomenon, or person.

Companion

(attributive) An appended source of media or information, designed to be used in conjunction with and to enhance the main material.
The companion guide gives an in-depth analysis of this particular translation.

Companion

(astronomy) A celestial object that is associated with another.

Companion

A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders.
A companion of the Bath

Companion

A fellow; a rogue.

Companion

(obsolete) To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

Companion

(obsolete) To qualify as a companion; to make equal.

Companion

One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.
The companions of his fall.
The companion of fools shall smart for it.
Here are your sons again; and I must loseTwo of the sweetest companions in the world.
A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate.

Companion

A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.

Companion

A fellow; - in contempt.

Companion

A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck.

Companion

To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany.

Companion

To qualify as a companion; to make equal.
Companion me with my mistress.

Companion

A person who is frequently in the company of another;
Drinking companions
Comrades in arms

Companion

A traveler who accompanies you

Companion

One paid to accompany or assist or live with another

Companion

Be a companion to somebody

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