– The purpose of courting is commitment; it involves getting to know each other by spending time with each other with a prospect of getting married. Courtship is like a promise to make a commitment to marriage.

How is dating different from courtship?

Courtship always has marriage as its direct goal Dating, a more modern approach, begins when either the man or the woman initiates a more-than-friends relationship with the other, and then they conduct that relationship outside of any oversight or authority. Dating may or may not have marriage as its goal.