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Biromantic vs Bisexual - What's the difference?

biromantic | bisexual |

Bisexual is a related term of biromantic.



As adjectives the difference between biromantic and bisexual

is that biromantic is romantically attracted to people of either gender while bisexual is sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.

As nouns the difference between biromantic and bisexual

is that biromantic is a person who is biromantic while bisexual is a person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.

biromantic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Romantically attracted to people of either gender.
  • * 2005 , Deborah Smith, " No Sex please, I'm not into it", Sydney Morning Herald , 16 April 2005:
    • Now that he's thought longer about it, Michael also likes to describe himself as "biromantic ". He is keen to have a romantic relationship with either a man or a woman.
  • * 2012 , Anthony F. Bogaert, Understanding Asexuality , Rowman & Littlefield (2012), ISBN 9781442200999, page 15:
    • So, for example, it is not unusual for an asexual person to say that he is asexual but bi''romantic , or that she is asexual but ''hetero romantic.
  • * 2013 , Tracey Hickey, " Asexuality should be recognized as a legitimate sexual orientation", The Pitt News (University of Pittsburgh), 14 February 2013:
    • Though some people identify as aromantic, others identify as heteromantic, homoromantic, biromantic and everything in between.
  • *

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • a person who is biromantic

    • Also see

    *

    bisexual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (sexuality, of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.
  • (botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
  • (botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
  • (botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
  • (botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
  • (rare) Hermaphroditic.
    • Midrash and Zohar present Adam as hermaphroditic or bisexual .

    Hyponyms

    * heteroflexible

    Related terms

    * bi-curious * biromantic

    Synonyms

    * (sexually attracted to persons of either sex) (slang), ambidextrous (jocular), bi (colloquial) * perfect, hermaphrodite * See also

    Coordinate terms

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.
    • I have two family members who came out as bisexual ; my sister and my aunt.

    Synonyms

    * bi (colloquial) * See also

    Hypernyms

    *LGBT

    Also see

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