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pruriency vs amativeness

amativeness vs pruriency

pruriency and amativeness both are nouns.

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

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