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eroticism vs pruriency

pruriency vs eroticism

eroticism and pruriency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
eroticism Yes No No No
pruriency Yes No No No
As nouns, pruriency is a hyponym of eroticism; that is, pruriency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than eroticism:
  • eroticism: the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
  • pruriency: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Other hyponyms of eroticism include carnality, lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience.
eroticism (noun) pruriency (noun)
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
a state of anticipation of sexuality
Difference between eroticism and pruriency

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