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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Having a lover

I heard there are two different words to say that a married person has a lover. The word choice denends on gender: one word for a wife and another for a husband. Is it true? And what are the words?
  

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Usually we would say "she has a lover" or "he has a mistress."
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More words for this include:

Adulterer- Husband who has a mistress

Adulteress- wife who has a lover
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I probably didn't express myself clearly enough. I actually wanted to get verbs describing the fact of being dishonest. And as I was told the verbs for wife and husbant are different. Something like betray for man and be unfaithful for woman.

Natalya
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Hi.

The relationship is called liaison.
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I don't know of any verbs for marital infidelity that are specific to one gender. A man or a woman can betray his/her spouse, or cheat on him/her, or be unfaithful, or have an affair. Why don't you ask the person who told you there were distinct verbs what they had in mind?
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Hi,

The common verb I see today for both genders is 'cheat'.

Clive
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