newlywed vs old maid

newlywed

• A recently married person. 

• Recently married. 

old maid

• An old woman who has never married; a spinster. 

• An unpopped kernel in a batch of popped popcorn kernels. 

• The Madagascar periwinkle. 

• The unmatchable card in that game. 

• A card game in which cards must be paired and one undesirable card is designated "old maid". 

• The common zinnia.