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Wife vs. Misstress — What's the Difference?

Wife vs. Misstress — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Wife and Misstress

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Wife

A wife is a woman in a marriage. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until the marriage legally dissolves with a divorce judgement.

Misstress

To stress incorrectly.
A misstressed syllable

Wife

A woman joined to another person in marriage; a female spouse.

Wife

A married woman, especially in relation to her spouse.
The Fisherman and His Wife

Wife

The female of a pair of mated animals.
A new wife for the gander is introduced into the pen.
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Wife

(Scotland) woman.

Wife

To marry (a woman)

Wife

A woman; an adult female; - now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like.
On the green he saw sitting a wife.

Wife

The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; - correlative of husband.
Let every one you . . . so love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband.

Wife

A married woman; a man's partner in marriage

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