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sex vs union

union vs sex

sex and union both are nouns.

sex is not an adjective while union is an adjective.

sex is a verb but union is not a verb.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sex Yes No Yes No
union Yes Yes No No
As nouns, union is a hyponym of sex; that is, union is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sex:
  • sex: activities associated with sexual intercourse
  • union: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
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, 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) union (noun)
activities associated with sexual intercourse the act of making or becoming a single unit
the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)
either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer
a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations
a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets
healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones
the state of being joined or united or linked
the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)
sex (adjective) union (adjective)
of trade unions
sex (verb) union (verb)
tell the sex (of young chickens)
to evoke sexual feelings
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