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pruriency vs erotism

erotism vs pruriency

pruriency and erotism both are nouns.

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

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