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Bisexual vs Sapiosexual - What's the difference?

bisexual | sapiosexual |

As adjectives the difference between bisexual and sapiosexual

is that bisexual is sexually attracted to members of two or more genders while sapiosexual is attracted to intelligence or the human mind.

As nouns the difference between bisexual and sapiosexual

is that bisexual is a person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders while sapiosexual is a person sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.

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

    *

    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

    * ----

    sapiosexual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
  • * 2012 , Ricardo F. Lo, " Sexy Talk with Mikey Bustos", The Philippine Star , 18 January 2012:
    • “Brains + Beauty, and brains first… I’m rather sapiosexual .”
  • * 2012 , Carolina Montejo, " Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay", Vangardist , May 2012, page 128:
    • Now, I know that the subject here is sexual arousal, but since I've already mentioned Plato and he is so relevant to the subject of Eros – and was probably sapiosexual himself — I think it's worth stepping briefly into the realm of philosophy.
  • * 2013', Sunayana Suresh, " Are women attracted to the '''sapiosexual men?", ''The Times of India , 28 May 2013 (used in title only)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person sexually attracted to intelligence or the human mind.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2005, date=20 October, author=
    • CatDeville [username], title=Re: Struggling with the details sapiosexuals - people who lust after intellect first), but it's the *brain* you aim for, the intellect, to turn us on, not our genitals.}}'>citation
  • * 2012 , Cara C. MacInnis & Gordon Hodson, " Intergroup bias toward 'Group X': Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals", Group Processes & Intergroup Relations , 24 April 2012:
    • In Study 2 we tapped attitudes toward a largely unknown sexual orientation group, sapiosexuals (those sexually attracted to the human mind).
    Participants indicated their familiarity with heterosexuals, homosexuals, bisexuals, asexuals, and sapiosexuals
  • * 2012 , Carolina Montejo, " Sapiosexuality: The intelligent foreplay", Vangardist , May 2012, page 126:
    • So, what attracts you? What turns you on? You decide on abstract thought, clever humour and insight. You're a sapiosexual .
  • *

    • See also

    * * sapioromantic