Amorous vs Solicitous - What's the difference?
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Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
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Indicating love or sexual desire.
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Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
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(lb) Affected with love; in love; enamored.
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Disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.
Anxious or concerned (usually followed by about'', ''for , etc., or a clause): solicitous about a person's health.
Amorous is a related term of solicitous.
As adjectives the difference between amorous and solicitous
is that amorous is inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment while solicitous is disposed to solicit; eager to obtain something desirable, or to avoid anything evil; concerned; anxious; careful.amorous
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Alternative forms
* amourousAdjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
(inclined or having a propensity to love) loving; fond; affectionateReferences
* *solicitous
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Adjective
(en adjective)- Solicitous of my reputation. -.
- He was solicitous for his advice. -.
- Enjoy the present, whatsoever it be, and be not solicitous about the future. - .
- The colonel had been intent upon other things, and not enough solicitous to finish the fortifications. -.