“Adultery” is an affair in which a married person is involved.
“Extramarital sex” is an affair between poeple not married to each other. If neither is married to anyone else either, we have extramarital sex but not adultery.
27 posted on 02/11/2009 11:43:48 AM PST by annalex
(http://www.catecheticsonline.com/CatenaAurea.php)