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Bawdiness vs Salacity - What's the difference?

bawdiness | salacity |

As nouns the difference between bawdiness and salacity

is that bawdiness is the state or characteristic of being bawdy while salacity is (uncountable) the state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.

bawdiness

English

Noun

  • The state or characteristic of being bawdy.
  • A bawdy remark.

    • Synonyms

    * lasciviousness; wantonness

    salacity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
  • *, II.ii.2:
  • *:Aristotle gives instance in sparrows, which are parum vivaces ob salacitatem , short-lived because of their salacity , which is very frequent […].
  • (countable) An act which is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy).