Chaste vs. Virgin
Difference Between Chaste and Virgin
Chasteadjective
Abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse.
Virginnoun
A person who has never had sexual intercourse, or sometimes, one who has never engaged in any sexual activity at all.
Chasteadjective
Virginal, innocent, having had no sexual experience.
Virginnoun
(informal) One who has never used or experienced a specified thing.
I've never eaten tofu before – you could say I'm a tofu virgin.Chasteadjective
Austere, simple, undecorative.
a chaste style in composition or artVirginnoun
Any of several species of gossamer-winged butterflies of the family Lycaenidae.
Chasteadjective
Decent, modest, morally pure.
a chaste mind;chaste eyesVirginnoun
A female insect producing eggs from which young are hatched, though there has been no fecundation by a male; a parthenogenetic insect.
Chasteadjective
morally pure (especially not having experienced sexual intercourse);
a holy woman innocent and chasteVirginadjective
In a state of virginity; chaste, not having had sexual intercourse.
Chasteadjective
pure and simple in design or style;
a chaste border of conventionalized flowersVirginadjective
Of a physical object, untouched.
Chasteadjective
abstaining from unlawful sexual intercourse
Virginadjective
Not yet cultivated, explored, or exploited by humans or humans of certain civilizations.
virgin prairie, a virgin ecosystem, virgin forestvirgin clay, i.e. clay that has never been firedThe virgin lands of the Americas were awaiting the Europeans.Virginadjective
Of olive oil, obtained by mechanical means, so that the oil is not altered.
Virginadjective
Of mixed drinks, not containing alcohol.
a virgin daiquiriVirginnoun
a person who has never had sex
Virginnoun
(astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
Virginnoun
the sixth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about August 23 to September 22
Virginadjective
being used or worked for the first time;
virgin woolVirginadjective
in a state of sexual virginity;
pure and vestal modestya spinster or virgin ladymen have decreed that their women must be pure and virginal
