Hi Guys!
Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I was so busy today attending the wedding party of one of my close friends. At the function, while savouring the local Punjabi delicacies, one of my buddies asked me what exactly the difference between a 'wedding' and a 'marriage' was.
Here, I am making a humble attempt to differentiate the two confusing terms for many of you....
'Wedding' is a collective term which is used to mean the occasion on which a person legally becomes another person's (usually of the opposite sex) partner. The term 'wedding' denotes all the ceremonies and rituals that take place on that day; the solemnizing ceremony, the feast, the exchage of gifts, decorations, dance etc.
'Marriage' stands for the legal relationship between two persons. While wedding is an event to celebrate the marriage, the marriage is a life-time event. In other words, marriage is the name of a life long institution, which in fact starts after the wedding.
This is the reason that we often speak of marriage certificate, but the invitation is called the wedding card.
Some useful collocations with 'wedding':
Wedding feast, wedding reception, wedding ring, wedding cake, wedding anniversary, wedding day/night, wedding outfit, wedding finger, wedding procession, wedding speech, wedding album, wedding preparations etc.
Some useful collocations with 'marriage':
marriage plans, marriage proposal,
marriage relationship, marriage counselling, marriage certificate, marriage market...
good/happy/successful marriage, disastrous/failed/unhappy marriage, second marriage, early/late/conventional marriage, arranged/love marriage etc.
Good night
Jacob (Nova English Campus)
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