sex vs pleasure

pleasure vs sex

sex and pleasure both are nouns.

sex is a verb but pleasure is not a verb.

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

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

sex: activities associated with sexual intercourse
pleasure: sexual gratification

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, love, love life, lovemaking, making love, sexual love, carnal abuse, conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union, union, breeding, facts of life, procreation, reproduction, arousal, 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)	pleasure (noun)
activities associated with sexual intercourse	sexual gratification
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles	an activity that affords enjoyment
all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses	something or someone that provides a source of happiness
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided	a formal expression
	a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience

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

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