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pruriency vs sexiness

sexiness vs pruriency

pruriency and sexiness both are nouns.

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

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