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Coarseness vs Obscenity - What's the difference?

coarseness | obscenity |

As nouns the difference between coarseness and obscenity

is that coarseness is the property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished while obscenity is (countable) something that is obscene.

coarseness

English

Noun

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  • The property of being coarse, roughness or primitiveness, unrefined or unpolished.
  • The quality or state of being coarse; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language.
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    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion […] such talk had been distressingly out of place.}}

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    obscenity

    English

    Noun

    (obscenities)
  • (countable) Something that is obscene.
    • Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"
  • (countable) An act of obscene behaviour.
    • Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.
  • (countable) Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
    • Eliza couldn't stand her daughter's music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.
  • (uncountable) The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour.
    • The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.