Girlfriend vs. Companion — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Girlfriend and Companion
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Girlfriend
A girlfriend is a female friend or acquaintance, often a regular female companion with whom one is platonic, romantically or sexually involved. This is normally a short-term committed relationship, where other titles (e.g., wife or partner) are more commonly used for long-term relationships.
Companion
A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade.
Girlfriend
A person's regular female companion with whom they have a romantic or sexual relationship
He lives with his girlfriend
Companion
A domestic partner.
Girlfriend
A female companion or friend with whom one has a sexual or romantic relationship.
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Companion
A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another.
Girlfriend
A female friend.
Companion
One of a pair or set of things; a mate.
Girlfriend
A female partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.
Marc went to the park with his girlfriend and watched the sunset with her.
Companion
A companionway.
Girlfriend
A female friend.
Mary always enjoyed hanging out with her girlfriend Jessica.
Companion
To be a companion to; accompany.
Girlfriend
(LGBT) A fellow gay man, especially a friend as opposed to a sexual partner.
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.
Girlfriend
A term of address for a female friend or among gay men.
Companion
(dated) A person employed to accompany or travel with another.
Girlfriend
Any female friend; as, Mary and her girlfriend organized the party.
Companion
(nautical) The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below.
Girlfriend
A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved; as, his girlfriend kicked him out.
Companion
(nautical) The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which leads to the companionway; the stairs themselves.
Girlfriend
Any female friend;
Mary and her girlfriend organized the party
Companion
(topology) A knot in whose neighborhood another, specified knot meets every meridian disk.
Girlfriend
A girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved;
His girlfriend kicked him out
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.
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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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