Boyfriends
Wives and boyfriends are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Wives" instead a noun "Boyfriends".
Wives
Boyfriends and wives are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Boyfriends" instead a noun "Wives".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Often, it's not particularly dignified or newsworthy, but it's always there - fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives, boyfriends, girlfriends, old friends.
Source: Film / Love Actually - Christmas had husbands and boyfriends proudly announcing they bought their wives/girlfriends washers or printers, then going Oh Crap!
Source: Gift-Giving Gaffe -
There's also countless examples of men and women who have murdered the boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, wives, crushes, what-have-you of the person they're interested in.
Source: Murder the Hypotenuse
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