Difference between Marriage and Wedding

What is the difference between Marriage and Wedding?

Marriage as a noun is the state of being married. while Wedding as a noun is marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.

Marriage

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The state of being married. The union of two people, to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life. A wedding. A close union. A joining of two parts. A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em

Wedding

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Marriage ceremony; a ritual officially celebrating the beginning of a marriage.Joining of two or more parts.

We hope you now know whether to use Marriage or Wedding in your sentence.

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