Courtship is the slow, systematic process of pursuing the other person. Its the romance of long and intimate conversations (as well as time) spent with a person before you decide to let them in. Its the idea of being intimate friends with someone before becoming an intimate lover.

Is dating different from courtship?

To use another analogy, dating is like a comma, whereas courting is like a period. This means that dating presents a man and woman with a number of potential ends to their relationship, whereas courting has only one: marriage. Courtship is not just an act, it is a philosophy.