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Wife vs. Sister — What's the Difference?

Wife vs. Sister — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Wife and Sister

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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.

Sister

A sister is a woman or girl who shares one or more parents with another individual. The male counterpart is a brother.

Wife

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

Sister

A female having the same parents as another or one parent in common with another.

Wife

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

A kinswoman.

Wife

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

Sister

A woman fellow member, as of a sorority.

Wife

(Scotland) woman.

Sister

A fellow woman.

Wife

To marry (a woman)

Sister

A close woman friend or companion.

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.

Sister

A fellow African American woman or girl.

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.

Sister

A woman who advocates, fosters, or takes part in the feminist movement.

Wife

A married woman; a man's partner in marriage

Sister

(Informal) Used as a form of address for a woman or girl.

Sister

A member of a religious order of women; a nun.

Sister

Used as a form of address for such a woman, alone or followed by the woman's name.

Sister

Chiefly British A nurse, especially the head nurse in a ward.

Sister

One identified as female and closely related to another
“the sisters Death and Night” (Walt Whitman).

Sister

(Architecture) A beam or other structural member affixed to another as a supplementary support.

Sister

Related by or as if by sisterhood; closely related
Sister ships.
Sister cities.

Sister

(Genetics) Of or being one of an identical, related, or homologous pair
Sister chromatids.

Sister

(Architecture) To affix a beam or other structural member to (another) as a supplementary support.

Sister

A daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling.
My sister is always driving me crazy.

Sister

A female member of a religious order; especially one devoted to more active service; (informally) a nun.
Michelle left behind her bank job and became a sister at the local convent.

Sister

Any butterfly in the genus Adelpha, so named for the resemblance of the dark-colored wings to the black habit traditionally worn by nuns.

Sister

(British) A senior or supervisory nurse, often in a hospital.

Sister

Any woman or girl with whom a bond is felt through common membership in a community, race, profession, religion, organization, or ism.
Connie was very close to her friend Judy and considered her to be her sister.

Sister

A black woman.

Sister

(informal) A form of address to a woman.
What’s up, sister?

Sister

A woman, in certain religious, labour or socialist circles; also as a form of address.
Thank you, sister. I would like to thank the sister who just spoke.

Sister

(attributively) An entity that has a special or affectionate, non-hierarchical relationship with another.
Sister publication
Sister city
Sister projects

Sister

(comptheory) A node in a data structure that shares its parent with another node.

Sister

Something in the same class.
Sister ships
Sister facility

Sister

To strengthen (a supporting beam) by fastening a second beam alongside it.
I’m trying to correct my sagging floor by sistering the joists.

Sister

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sister

A female who has the same parents with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case, she is more definitely called a half sister. The correlative of brother.
I am the sister of one Claudio.

Sister

A woman who is closely allied to, or assocciated with, another person, as in the sdame faith, society, order, or community.

Sister

One of the same kind, or of the same condition; - generally used adjectively; as, sister fruits.

Sister

To be sister to; to resemble closely.

Sister

A female person who has the same parents as another person;
My sister married a musician

Sister

(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address);
The Sisters taught her to love God

Sister

A female person who is a fellow member of a sorority or labor union or other group;
None of her sisters would betray her

Sister

Sometimes used as a term of address for attractive young women

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