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Coitus vs Coetus - What's the difference?

coitus | coetus |

As nouns the difference between coitus and coetus

is that coitus is the coming together of male and female sex organs, sometimes in the act of sexual procreation; the male's penis is inserted into the female's vagina, usually until orgasm and ejaculation of semen occur; copulation while coetus is .

coitus

English

(wikipedia coitus) (a little too encyclopedic)

Alternative forms

* (rare)

Noun

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  • The coming together of male and female sex organs, sometimes in the act of sexual procreation; the male's penis is inserted into the female's vagina, usually until orgasm and ejaculation of semen occur; copulation.
  • * 2006 October 2nd, (Chuck Lorre) and (Bill Prady), (The Big Bang Theory) , “”, screenplay (revised first draft), act one, scene A (page 26):
    • :   Uh-huh.
    Wolowitz:   And you want us out because you’re anticipating coitus'?
    Leonard:   No, she’s just a friend.
    Wolowitz:   So she’s available for '     coitus     ?
    Leonard:   No, she’s – –

    Synonyms

    * carnal knowledge * coition * copulation * pareunia * sex act * sexual congress * sexual intercourse * sexual relation

    Derived terms

    * coital * coitarche * coitally * coitize * coitizer * coitus interruptus * coitus reservatus

    coetus

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • * 1907 , Progress VII, page 70:
    • Pulsatilla. ?—?Cutting pain in the uterus; uterus sensitive to the touch during examination or coetus .
  • * ante'' 1968 , (Karl Barth) quoted in: Elizabeth Achtemeier’s ''The Committed Marriage (1976), page 160:
    • Coetus without co-existence is demonic. What are you, you man and woman who are about to enter into sexual relations?
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