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Carnal vs Venereal - What's the difference?

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Carnal is a synonym of venereal.


As adjectives the difference between carnal and venereal

is that carnal is relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites while venereal is sexually transmitted.

carnal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites
  • worldly or earthly; temporal
  • of or relating to the body or flesh

    • Derived terms

    * carnal knowledge

    Related terms

    * incarnate * incarnation * reincarnate * reincarnation

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    venereal

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • sexually transmitted.
  • of or relating to sexual intercourse, lust, or the genitals.
  • * Milton
    • Into the snare I fell / Of fair, fallacious looks, venereal trains, / Softened with pleasure and voluptuous life.
  • Exciting sexual desire; aphrodisiac.
  • Adapted to the cure of venereal diseases.
    • a venereal medicine
  • (obsolete) of or relating to copper (formerly called Venus by alchemists).

    • Derived terms

    * dermatovenereal * venereal disease * venereally * venerology

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