mate vs significant other

significant other vs mate

mate and significant other both are nouns.

mate is a verb but significant other is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
mate	Yes	No	Yes	No
significant other	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, significant other is a hypernym of mate; that is, significant other is a word with a broader meaning than mate:

mate: a person's partner in marriage
significant other: a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship

Other hypernyms of mate include domestic partner, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent, relation, relative.

mate (noun)	significant other (noun)
a chess move constituting an inescapable and indefensible attack on the opponent's king	a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship
an exact duplicate
South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate
a person's partner in marriage
the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
the officer below the master on a commercial ship
informal term for a friend of the same sex
a fellow member of a team
South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea
one of a pair

mate (verb)	significant other (verb)
place an opponent's king under an attack from which it cannot escape and thus ending the game
engage in sexual intercourse
bring two objects, ideas, or people together

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