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Baa vs Bara - What's the difference?

baa | bara |

As an interjection baa

is baa.

As a noun bara is

a single little wave, billow.

baa

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
  • The letter in the Arabic script.

    • Synonyms

    * bleat * bleating

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (onomatopoeia)

    • Verb

  • To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
    • He treble baas for help, but none can get. - Sir

    Anagrams

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    bara

    English

    Usage notes

    The term barazoku'' was once relatively more common in the Japanese gay community (the magazine ''Barazoku starting publication in 1971), but has long since gone out of fashion in Japan, having been replaced by terms like ). The term bara often contrasts with , which is gay male media usually made by heterosexual women to appeal to other heterosexual women. Whereas bara typically emphasizes masculine homoeroticism and frank explicit sexual situations, yaoi typically emphasizes the androgynous bishonen aesthetic and depicts emotional romantic relationships.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (label) A genre; homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.
  • (label) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
  • (label) Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.
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