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Widow vs. Relict — What's the Difference?

Widow vs. Relict — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Widow and Relict

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Widow

A widow is a woman whose spouse has died; a widower is a man whose spouse has died.

Relict

A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon.

Widow

A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.

Relict

(Ecology) A species that inhabits a much smaller geographic area than it did in the past, often because of environmental change.

Widow

(Informal) A woman whose spouse is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.
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Relict

Something that has survived; a remnant.

Widow

An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty1.

Relict

(Law) A widow or widower.

Widow

A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.

Relict

Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.

Widow

A short line of type at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.

Relict

(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.

Widow

To make a widow or widower of.

Relict

(archaic) The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.

Widow

A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.

Relict

A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous age: one that was once widespread but is now found only in a few areas.

Widow

(uncommon) A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).

Relict

(geology) A structure or other feature that has survived from a previous age.

Widow

A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.

Relict

(linguistics) A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.
A small number of linguists believe that Cimbrian is not an Austro-Bavarian dialect but a relict of Lombardic.

Widow

(card games) An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

Relict

Surviving, remaining.

Widow

(typography) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.

Relict

That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.

Widow

A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.

Relict

A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.
Eli dying without issue, Jacob was obliged by law to marry his relict, and so to raise up seed to his brother Eli.

Widow

(transitive) To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.

Relict

An organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated

Widow

To strip of anything valued.

Relict

Geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

Widow

To endow with a widow's right.

Widow

To be widow to.

Widow

A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.

Widow

In various games (such as "hearts"), any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. It may be taken by one of the players under certain circumstances.

Widow

Widowed.

Widow

To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; - rarely used except in the past participle.
Though in thus city heHath widowed and unchilded many a one,Which to this hour bewail the injury.

Widow

To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.
The widowed isle, in mourning,Dries up her tears.
Tress of their shriveled fruitsAre widowed, dreary storms o'er all prevail.
Mourn, widowed queen; forgotten Sion, mourn.

Widow

To endow with a widow's right.

Widow

To become, or survive as, the widow of.
Let me be married to three kings in a forenoon, and widowthem all.

Widow

A woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

Widow

Cause to be without a spouse;
The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia

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