What's the difference between amare and diligere?

A husband can love his wife in an erotic way (amare) and he should probably let her know about that, but it is also important that he values her as a person and is proud to share his life with a good human being (diligere).

1. What is the meaning of Diligere?
2. What does the Latin word Amare mean?
3. What is the difference between amor and Dilectio?

What is the meaning of Diligere?

(transitive) to respect.

What does the Latin word Amare mean?

Etymology. From Latin amāre (“to love”), from Proto-Indo-European.

What is the difference between amor and Dilectio?

amor: the most common term, and a genus for the others. Amor is the only term that is appropriately used for the passion in question. dilectio: adds to amor the notion of a preceding choosing to love, and so it is in the will alone and not in the concupiscible appetite. The term signifies an act or passion.