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Eros vs Amorous - What's the difference?

eros | amorous |

As a noun eros

is eros (physical love).

As an adjective amorous is

inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.

eros

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A winged figure of a child representing love and/or its power
  • Physical love; sexual desire
  • a type of love that seeks fulfillment without violation or something else
  • (psychiatry) libido
  • (psychiatry) collective instincts for self-preservation; life drive
  • Antonyms

    * (life drive) (death drive), Thanatos

    Anagrams

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    amorous

    English

    Alternative forms

    * amourous

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
  • :
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  • *:Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.
  • Indicating love or sexual desire.
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  • Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
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  • (lb) Affected with love; in love; enamored.
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  • Synonyms

    (inclined or having a propensity to love) loving; fond; affectionate

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