Confusing English Words – girl / lady / woman

بسیاری از کلمات وجود دارند که معنی یکسانی دارند، اما در واقع تعاریف و کاربردهای مختلفی دارند. شما می خواهید درست صحبت کنید و از به کار بردن کلمات نادرست خودداری کنید، اما در مورد معنی دقیق و کاربرد هر کلمه کاملا مطمئن نیستید. بعضی از زبان آموزان حتی به دلیل تردیدهایشان از به کار بردن کلمات خودداری می کنند! هدف ما در این سری از پست ها روشن کردن رایج ترین کلمات گیج کننده در انگلیسی است.

girl / lady / woman

:In the past, the distinction between lady and woman used to be clearer

woman = general word for a female adult man = general word for a male adult lady = an honorable woman with good manners and refined behavior gentleman = an honorable man with good manners and refined behavior

Nowadays, however, there is not so much of a difference. Although the words lady and gentleman still carry some connotation of being refined and well-mannered, people often use the words even to describe people they don’t know

.An old lady fainted at the train station and they had to call an ambulance ?Good evening, gentlemen. Can I get you anything to drink

The word girl is usually only used for female children or adolescents. Adult women sometimes refer to their friends as girls, but it can be considered offensive for an adult man to refer to adult women as girls