Partner vs. Consort — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Partner and Consort
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Partner
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
Consort
A wife, husband, or companion, in particular the spouse of a reigning monarch
Queen Victoria and her consort, Prince Albert
Partner
Either member of a married couple or of an established unmarried couple
She lived with her partner
Consort
A ship sailing in company with another.
Partner
A person with whom one has sex; a lover
Make sure that you or your partner are using an effective method of contraception
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Consort
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
Partner
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
Consort
Habitually associate with (someone), typically with the disapproval of others
You chose to consort with the enemy
Partner
Be the partner of
Young farmers who partnered Isabel to the village dance
Consort
A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
Partner
A member of a business partnership.
Consort
A companion or partner.
Partner
A spouse.
Consort
An animal with which another animal, usually of the opposite sex, forms a bond for a temporary period during which the two individuals maintain close proximity and engage in mating or other sexual behavior.
Partner
A domestic partner.
Consort
A ship accompanying another in travel.
Partner
A lover.
Consort
Partnership; association
Governed in consort with her advisers.
Partner
Either of two persons dancing together.
Consort
A group; a company
A consort of fellow diplomats.
Partner
One of a pair or team in a sport or game, such as tennis or bridge.
Consort
An instrumental ensemble.
Partner
Often partners(Nautical) A wooden framework used to strengthen a ship's deck at the point where a mast or other structure passes through it.
Consort
An ensemble using instruments of the same family.
Partner
To become partners or work or associate as partners
Partnered with a friend in a new venture.
Consort
To keep company; associate
A politician known to consort with gangsters.
Partner
To be or make a partner of
She was partnered with her brother in the canoe race.
Consort
To be in accord or agreement.
Partner
Either of a pair of people or things that belong together.
Consort
To unite in company; associate.
Partner
Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
Business partner
Dance partner
Doubles partner
Speaking partner
Sex partner
Consort
To escort; accompany.
Partner
A member of a business or law partnership.
Consort
To espouse.
Partner
A spouse or other person with whom one shares a domestic, romantic or sexual bond.
Consort
The spouse of a monarch.
The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere.
Partner
Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
Consort
A husband, wife, companion or partner.
Partner
Someone with whom one plays on the same side in a game, such as card games or doubles tennis.
Consort
An informal, usually well-publicized sexual companion of a monarch, aristocrat, celebrity, etc.
Partner
(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.
Consort
A ship accompanying another.
Partner
(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
Consort
(uncountable) Association or partnership.
Partner
(transitive) To join as a partner.
Consort
A group or company, especially of musicians playing the same type of instrument.
Partner
To work or perform as a partner.
Consort
(obsolete) Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
Partner
One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer.
My other self, the partner of my life.
Consort
(postpositive) of a title, by virtue of one's (living) spouse; often contrasted with regnant and dowager
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother took on nearly as many duties as queen dowager, after her husband's death, as she had had when she was queen consort during his reign.
Partner
An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.
Consort
(intransitive) To associate or keep company (with).
Partner
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.
Consort
(intransitive) To be in agreement.
Partner
To associate, to join.
Consort
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.
Partner
A person's partner in marriage
Consort
A ship keeping company with another.
Partner
An associate who works with others toward a common goal;
Partners in crime
Consort
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.
Partner
A person who is a member of a partnership
Consort
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.
Partner
Provide with a partner
Consort
Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments.
To make a sad consort';Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs.
Partner
Act as a partner;
Astaire partnered Rogers
Consort
To unite or to keep company; to associate; - used with with.
Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee?
Consort
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.
Consort
To attend; to accompany.
Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here,Shalt with him hence.
Consort
The husband or wife of a reigning monarch
Consort
A family of similar musical instrument playing together
Consort
Keep company with; hang out with;
He associates with strange people
She affiliates with her colleagues
Consort
Go together;
The colors don't harmonize
Their ideas concorded
Consort
Keep company;
The heifers run with the bulls ot produce offspring
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