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Effeminacy vs Gratification - What's the difference?

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Effeminacy is a related term of gratification.


As nouns the difference between effeminacy and gratification

is that effeminacy is the quality of being effeminate while gratification is the act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.

effeminacy

English

Noun

(-)
  • the quality of being effeminate

    • Synonyms

    * effeminateness * invirility * morbidezza * niceness * unmasculinity * (obsolete) effemination

    gratification

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of gratifying, or pleasing, either the mind, the taste, or the appetite; as, the gratification of the palate, of the appetites, of the senses, of the desires, of the heart.
  • That which affords pleasure; satisfaction; enjoyment; fruition: delight.
  • A reward; a recompense; a gratuity.

    • Synonyms

    * gladness, queemliness

    Derived terms

    * oral gratification * self-gratification

    Related terms

    * gratify

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