sex vs arousal

sex and arousal both are nouns.

sex is a verb but arousal is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
sex	Yes	No	Yes	No
arousal	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, arousal is a hyponym of sex; that is, arousal is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sex:

sex: activities associated with sexual intercourse
arousal: mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

Other hyponyms of sex include bondage, outercourse, safe sex, conception, carnal knowledge, coition, coitus, copulation, intercourse, relation, sex act, sexual congress, sexual intercourse, sexual relation, pleasure, love, love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love, carnal abuse, conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union, breeding, facts of life, procreation, reproduction, foreplay, stimulation, perversion, sexual perversion, autoeroticism, autoerotism, promiscuity, promiscuousness, sleeping around, lechery, gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness, bisexuality, heterosexualism, heterosexuality, straightness, bestiality, sodomy, zooerastia, zooerasty, blowbang.

sex (noun)	arousal (noun)
activities associated with sexual intercourse	the act of arousing
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles	mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses	awakening from sleep
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided	a state of heightened physiological activity

sex (verb)	arousal (verb)
tell the sex (of young chickens)
to evoke sexual feelings

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