Jeff

Would you please differentiate futher?

After marriage what would be the anniversaries
called? Wedding anniversary or marriage anniversary?

How is wedlock is different from marriage vow or commitment?

What about the dictionaries that give ‘wedding’ as a synonym for marriage and vice versa?

How would the new categories help ezinearticles?

The anniversary is the “wedding anniversary.” It’s an anniversary celebrating the day when the vows were taken.

“Wedlock” is marriage.

My experience is that a “wedding” is very different from a “marriage,” regardless of what the dictionaries say. I would never say, “After 19 years, my wedding is going better than ever!” That doesn’t make sense. But this does make sense: “After 19 years, my marriage is going better than ever.” See the difference?

I’m not sure specifically how it helps ezinearticles, but I think clarifying a catagory can’t be a bad thing.

Yes, I agree on this particular instance. But at the same time I prefer to say ‘my marriage anniversary’. I also prefer to say ‘my marriage took place…’ or ‘I got married…’.

The point is of usage. For me the division of the categories is thus superficial. Only one category, either ‘wedding’ or ‘marriage’ would cover everything.

” Wedding” is used as a noun and a verb.
” Marriage” is only used as a noun.

Well it is in the dictionary I have.

So with a category like say “sport” we also have a sub category “golf, tennis etc”, so having both “marriage and wedding under “Relationships” would not be out of place.

This could help ezinearticles distribute more articles through more targeted groups bringing more on topic visitors to our sites.

All in all a good call Chis and team.

But do you mean to split the weddings or the marriages?

Anyway, it’s all very complicated!

A marriage is about a commitment, emotion and far-reaching love in many cultures. So, since the two categories were never really compatible and the marriage was never fully consumated it is just as well that it is annulled now.