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sexiness vs pruriency

pruriency vs sexiness

sexiness and pruriency both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sexiness Yes No No No
pruriency Yes No No No
As nouns, pruriency is a hyponym of sexiness; that is, pruriency is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than sexiness:
  • sexiness: the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
  • pruriency: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Other hyponyms of sexiness include carnality, lasciviousness, lubricity, prurience.
sexiness (noun) pruriency (noun)
The state or quality of being sexy, of possessing the traits of sexual appeal. feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
the arousal of feelings of sexual desire
Difference between sexiness and pruriency

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