Widow vs. Relict — What's the Difference?

A widow is a woman whose spouse has died; a widower is a man whose spouse has died.

A relict is a surviving remnant of a natural phenomenon.

A woman whose spouse has died and who has not remarried.

(Ecology) A species that inhabits a much smaller geographic area than it did in the past, often because of environmental change.

(Informal) A woman whose spouse is often away pursuing a sport or hobby.

Something that has survived; a remnant.

An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder. Also called kitty1.

(Law) A widow or widower.

A single, usually short line of type, as one ending a paragraph, carried over to the top of the next page or column.

Of or relating to something that has survived, as structures or minerals after destructive processes.

A short line of type at the bottom of a page, column, or paragraph.

(formal) Something that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic.

To make a widow or widower of.

(archaic) The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a widow or widower.

A woman whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried); feminine of widower.

A species, organism, or ecosystem that has survived from a previous age: one that was once widespread but is now found only in a few areas.

(uncommon) A person whose spouse has died (and who has not remarried).

(geology) A structure or other feature that has survived from a previous age.

A woman whose husband is often away pursuing a sport, etc.

(linguistics) A survival of an archaic word, language or other form.

(card games) An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.

Surviving, remaining.

(typography) A single line of type that ends a paragraph, carried over to the next page or column.

That is a relict; pertaining to a relict.

A venomous spider, of the genus Latrodectus.

A woman whose husband is dead; a widow.

(transitive) To make a widow or widower of someone; to cause the death of the spouse of.

An organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated

To strip of anything valued.

Geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared

To endow with a widow's right.

To be widow to.

A woman who has lost her husband by death, and has not married again; one living bereaved of a husband.

In various games (such as "hearts"), any extra hand or part of a hand, as one dealt to the table. It may be taken by one of the players under certain circumstances.

Widowed.

To reduce to the condition of a widow; to bereave of a husband; - rarely used except in the past participle.

To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

To endow with a widow's right.

To become, or survive as, the widow of.

A woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried

Cause to be without a spouse;