Love
Love verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.
Usage example: the baby responded to my caresses and kisses by loving me right back
Pat
Pat verb - To touch or handle in a tender or loving manner.
Usage example: affectionately patted the baby on the head
How words are described
| old | old love | old pat |
| good | good love | good pat |
| complete | complete love | complete pat |
| real | real love | real pat |
| Other adjectives: little, main, last. | ||
Common collocations
| boy | love boy | pat boy |
| someone | love someone | pat someone |
| characters | love characters | pat characters |
Both words in one sentence
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Allergic to Love: Narumi bursts out in hives whenever women touch him due to the memories of the extreme repulsion he felt as a child when women would pat him and kiss his cheeks almost nonstop.
Source: Manga / Beauty Pop - Richard Nixon claimed that when he first met his wife, Pat, it was love at first sight.
Source: Love at First Sight - Pat Healy in There's Something About Mary - he's a total sleazebag and will say anything to get in Mary's pants, but he actually grows to love and care for her.
Source: Jerk With A Heart Of Gold / Film
Cite this Source
Pat and Love. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/love/pat
Love & Pat. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/love/pat>.
Pat or Love. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/love/pat.
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