Definitions
housewives
- Referring to married women who stay at home to manage household chores and take care of children. - Talking about women who are responsible for cooking, cleaning, and other domestic tasks. - Describing women who do not have paid employment outside the home.
- Referring to a married woman who stays at home to manage household chores and take care of children. - Talking about a woman who is responsible for cooking, cleaning, and other domestic tasks. - Describing a woman who does not have paid employment outside the home.
List of Similarities
- 1Both words refer to married women who stay at home to manage household chores and take care of children.
- 2Both words describe women who are responsible for cooking, cleaning, and other domestic tasks.
- 3Both words describe women who do not have paid employment outside the home.
What is the difference?
- 1Plural vs Singular: Housewives is the plural form of housewife.
- 2Usage: Housewives is used more commonly than housewife.
- 3Connotation: Housewives can sometimes carry a negative connotation, implying that the woman is not contributing to society or is not fulfilling her potential, while housewife is more neutral.
- 4Gender: Both words are specific to women and do not apply to men.
- 5History: Housewife has been used for centuries, while housewives is a more recent development.
Remember this!
Housewives and housewife are synonyms that describe married women who stay at home to manage household chores and take care of children. The main difference between the two is that housewives is the plural form of housewife, and housewives is used more commonly than housewife. Additionally, housewives can sometimes carry a negative connotation, while housewife is more neutral.
