Difference between Lady and Madam

What is the difference between Lady and Madam?

Lady as a noun is the mistress of a household. while Madam as a noun is a polite form of address for a woman or lady.

Lady

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The mistress of a household. A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority. The feminine of lord. A polite term referring to a woman. (ladies; in plural only) A polite form of address to women (singular) A highly colloquial and/or impolite form of address to a woman. (ladies' or ladies) Toilets intended for use by women. An affectionate term for one's wife or girlfriend. a queen (the playing card) (attributive) (with a professional title) Who is a woman.

Madam

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A polite form of address for a woman or lady.The mistress of a household.A conceited or quarrelsome girl.A woman who runs a brothel.

Example sentence: Like so many women aspiring and working to create the life they desire, Madam Walker lived with a vision that was beyond her time - a vision for the way that things could be, not the way they were.

We hope you now know whether to use Lady or Madam in your sentence.

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