Fetish vs Phobia - What's the difference?
fetish | phobia |
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).
An irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular.
As nouns the difference between fetish and phobia
is that fetish is something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman while phobia is an irrational or obsessive fear or anxiety, usually of or about something particular.fetish
English
(wikipedia fetish)Alternative forms
* (l)Noun
(es)- I know a guy who has a foot fetish .
phobia
English
Noun
- I know someone with a strange phobia of ladders.