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prurience vs amorousness

amorousness vs prurience

prurience and amorousness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prurience Yes No No No
amorousness Yes No No No
As nouns, amorousness is a hypernym of prurience; that is, amorousness is a word with a broader meaning than prurience:
  • prurience: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
  • amorousness: the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Other hypernyms of prurience include amativeness, eroticism, erotism, sexiness.
prurience (noun) amorousness (noun)
feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness a feeling of love or fondness
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Difference between prurience and amorousness

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