Fetish vs Penchant - What's the difference?
fetish | penchant |
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
Something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body, which arouses sexual desire or is necessary for one to reach full sexual satisfaction.
(US) An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation.
* 1933': ''We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of '''fetish of manual work.'' -- George Orwell, ''Down and Out in Paris and London , Ch. XXII, pg. 117 (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition).
As nouns the difference between fetish and penchant
is that fetish is something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman while penchant is taste, liking, or inclination (for.fetish
English
(wikipedia fetish)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(es)- I know a guy who has a foot fetish .
