Adultery vs. Infidelity
Difference Between Adultery and Infidelity
Adulterynoun
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
She engaged in adultery because her spouse has a low libido, while hers is very high.Infidelitynoun
Unfaithfulness in a marriage or an intimate relationship: practice or instance of having a sexual or romantic affair with someone other than one's spouse, without the consent of the spouse.
Adulterynoun
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
Infidelitynoun
Unfaithfulness in some other moral obligation.
Adulterynoun
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
Infidelitynoun
Lack of religious belief.
Adulterynoun
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
Infidelitynoun
the quality of being unfaithful
Adulterynoun
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
Adulterynoun
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Adulterynoun
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
Adulterynoun
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Adulterynoun
extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations;
adultery is often cited as grounds for divorce
