Maidenhead vs. Hymen — What's the Difference?

Maidenhead is a market town in Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames. It has an estimated population of 70,374.

The hymen is a thin piece of mucosal tissue that surrounds or partially covers the external vaginal opening. It forms part of the vulva, or external genitalia, and is similar in structure to the vagina.In children, a common appearance of the hymen is crescent-shaped, although many shapes are possible.

(Archaic) The condition or quality of being a maiden; virginity.

The god of marriage.

The hymen.

A membranous fold of tissue that partly or completely occludes the external vaginal orifice.

(uncountable) Virginity.

(anatomy) A membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.

(anatomy) The hymen.

(figurative) Marriage.

The state of being a maiden; maidenhood; virginity.

A fold of muscous membrane often found at the orifice of the vagina in virgins; the vaginal membrane. It is usually torn by sexual intercourse.

The state of being unused or uncontaminated; freshness; purity.

A fabulous deity; according to some, the son of Apollo and Urania, according to others, of Bacchus and Venus. He was the god of marriage, and presided over nuptial solemnities.

The hymen, or virginal membrane.

Marriage; union as if by marriage.

A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin

(Greek mythology) the god of marriage

A fold of tissue that partly covers the entrance to the vagina of a virgin