What's the difference between the title miss and ms?

they seem to be the same to me but a questionnaire I need to answer asks which one I need to use. What categorizes a miss from a ms? Do I have to be like in a pageant to be a miss? Haha

What's the difference between the title miss and ms?
"Miss" denotes an unmarried female, as opposed to "Mrs." which denotes a married female. Note that "Miss" does not take a period as it is not an abbreviation for anything, whereas "Mrs." does as it is short for "Mistress" (which once upon a time simply meant what Mrs. does today, but now means something quite different). "Ms" is a term coined by the feminist movement because they wanted a term which, like "Mr.", simply denoted gender without additionally indicating marital status. Note that "Ms" does not take a period as it is not an abbreviation for anything.
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Try this site..it really is up to you...


I was always told:


Mrs~ Married


Miss~Single~Young


Ms~Either(maybe you dont know shes married you would say~Ms.....or Ms.beacuse shes an Adult..


its all upto you girlie~just go by your age if under 18 maybe use miss. over 18 use ms..it really doesnt matter:)
Reply:Miss is used for a female that is not yet an adult.





Ms. is an adult woman that is not married





Mrs. Joe Brown = The wife of a man named Joe Brown
Reply:Ms. usually used when a woman doesn't want to tell whether their status but Miss is used when a woman is not married.
Reply:i was taught that miss was under 18 ms. was over. idk i probably dosent matter
Reply:Hope is correct
Reply:Miss Jones is her title... BUT if I wanted to write to Miss Jones in a letter, I would address it(the inside address) as Ms Jones


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That form is ALWAYS used(or should always be used) in correspondence
Reply:A girl or lady is a Miss, if single and never married. If she's ever been married, regardless of her current circumstances for not being married, she's a Ms.
Reply:no pagent required thank goodness (ha,ha) back at you . miss is for single women or young teenage girls while ms. is for married women like mrs but just in "" womens' lib"" terms .
Reply:Ms. is often used when a woman doesn't really want to reveal her marital status.
Reply:nothing, ms. is just a shortened verion like vs. for versus
Reply:"Miss" is for a single, never married woman. "Mrs" is for a married woman. "Ms" was invented by the feminist movement so there'd be a single term for either type of woman, to match that for men there is only one abbreviation, "Mr".





(Incidentally, for single never married men, "Master" was used, and for married ones, "Mister". But both used "Mr" as the abbreviation. In any case use of "Master" faded out during the twentieth century.)
Reply:MS can be used as a professional title that gives no idea to if the person is married or single. Miss generally is for a single person