Partner vs. Consort

Partnernoun

Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.

Consortnoun

The spouse of a monarch.

Partnernoun

A member of a business or law partnership.

Consortnoun

A husband, wife, companion or partner.

Partnernoun

A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.

Consortnoun

A ship accompanying another.

Partnernoun

Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.

Consortnoun

(uncountable) Association or partnership.

Partnernoun

Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.

Consortnoun

A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.

Partnernoun

(nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.

Consortnoun

(obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.

Partnernoun

(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.

Consortverb

(intransitive) To associate or keep company (with).

Partnerverb

To make or be a partner.

Consortverb

(intransitive) To be in agreement.

Partnerverb

To work or perform as a partner.

Consortnoun

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

‘He single chose to live, and shunned to wed,Well pleased to want a consort of his bed.’; ‘The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.’; ‘The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort.’;

Partnernoun

One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer.

‘My other self, the partner of my life.’;

Consortnoun

A ship keeping company with another.

Partnernoun

An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.

Consortnoun

Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union.

‘Take it singly, and it carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different.’;

Partnernoun

A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.

Consortnoun

An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination.

‘In one consort' there satCruel revenge and rancorous despite,Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate.’; ‘Lord, place me in thy consort.’;

Partnerverb

To associate, to join.

Consortnoun

Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.

‘To make a sad consort';Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.’;

Partnernoun

a person's partner in marriage

Consortverb

To unite or to keep company; to associate; - used with with.

‘Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?’;

Partnernoun

an associate who works with others toward a common goal;

‘partners in crime’;

Consortverb

To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.

‘He with his consorted Eve.’; ‘For all that pleasing is to living earsWas there consorted in one harmony.’; ‘He begins to consort himself with men.’;

Partnernoun

a person who is a member of a partnership

Consortverb

To attend; to accompany.

‘Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,Shalt with him hence.’;

Partnerverb

provide with a partner

Consortnoun

the husband or wife of a reigning monarch

Partnerverb

act as a partner;

‘Astaire partnered Rogers’;

Consortnoun

a family of similar musical instrument playing together

Partnernoun

either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity

‘she and her dance partner were on the show for seven weeks’; ‘the striker looked sharp and eager as Jackson's partner in attack’; ‘arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner’;

Consortverb

keep company with; hang out with;

‘He associates with strange people’; ‘She affiliates with her colleagues’;

Partnernoun

a person or group that takes part with another or others in doing something

‘he began to call potential coalition partners about forming a new government’; ‘Scotland is the rest of the UK's second biggest trading partner’;

Consortverb

go together;

‘The colors don't harmonize’; ‘Their ideas concorded’;

Partnernoun

any of a number of individuals with interests and investments in a business or enterprise, among whom expenses, profits, and losses are shared

‘a partner in a prosperous legal practice’; ‘a junior partner’;

Consortverb

keep company;

‘the heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring’;

Partnernoun

either member of a married couple or of an established unmarried couple

‘she lived with her partner’;

Consortnoun

a wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch

‘Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert’;

Partnernoun

a person with whom one has sex; a lover

‘make sure that you or your partner are using an effective method of contraception’;

Consortnoun

a ship sailing in company with another.

Partnernoun

a friendly form of address by one man to another

‘how you doing, partner?’;

Consortnoun

a small group of musicians performing together, typically playing instrumental music of the Renaissance period

‘an anthology of Tudor consort music’; ‘a consort of viols’;

Partnernoun

a timber framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around a hole through which a mast, capstan, pump, etc. pass

‘the mast was not chocked at the partners as it should have been’;

Consortverb

habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others

‘you chose to consort with the enemy’;

Partnerverb

be the partner of

‘young farmers who partnered Isabel to the village dance’;

Consortverb

agree or be in harmony with

‘it did not consort with his idea of scientific government’;

Partnerverb

associate or work together as partners

‘we've partnered with several venues and organizations to bring fun science events to the city’;