significant other vs spouse

significant other and spouse both are nouns.

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

As nouns, spouse is a hyponym of significant other; that is, spouse is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than significant other:

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

Other hyponyms of significant other include lover, better half, married person, mate, partner.

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

significant other vs spouse

significant other and spouse both are nouns.

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