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Baza vs Bara - What's the difference?

baza | bara |

As nouns the difference between baza and bara

is that baza is any of three species of small, crested hawks in the genus aviceda while bara is a single little wave, billow.

baza

English

(wikipedia baza)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of three species of small, crested hawks in the genus Aviceda .
  • Synonyms

    * crested hawk * cuckoo-hawk

    Derived terms

    * Jerdon's baza, Aviceda jerdoni * Pacific baza, Aviceda subcristata * black baza, Aviceda leuphotes ----

    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(the magazine ''Barazoku starting publication in 1971), but has long since gone out of fashion in Japan, having been replaced by terms like ).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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