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Fun vs Arousal - What's the difference?

fun | arousal |

As a verb fun

is give.

As a preposition fun

is for, on behalf of.

As a noun arousal is

the act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

fun

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (informal) enjoyable, amusing
    • We had a fun time at the party.
    He is such a fun person to be with.
  • (informal) whimsical, flamboyant
    • This year's fashion style is much more fun than recent seasons.

    Usage notes

    * Note that the use of fun as an adjective is often considered unacceptable in formal contexts. For more on the slang comparative and superlative, the use of which is disputed, see this discussion

    Derived terms

    * funny

    Noun

    (-)
  • amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
  • * 2000 , Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6 , Alpha Books, page 377
    • Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
  • playful, often noisy, activity.

    • Synonyms

    * amusement, diversion, enjoyment, a laugh, pleasure * boisterousness, horseplay, rough and tumble

    Derived terms

    * for the fun of it * fun and games * fun bags * funfair * funfest * fun-loving * fun-maker * funny * fun run, fun runner, fun running * funster * good fun * great fun * have fun * have fun with * in fun * like fun * make fun of * poke fun at

    Verb

  • (colloquial) To tease, kid, poke fun at, make fun of.
    • Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was just funning you.

    Anagrams

    * 1000 English basic words ----

    arousal

    English

    (wikipedia arousal)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.
    • bodily arousal
    emotional arousal
    to influence the arousal of brain and behavior
  • Sexual arousal.
    • Some people get sexual arousal from the depiction of feet.
  • A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond.
  • * 2003 , Jinhee Choi, "Fits and Startles: Cognitivism Revisited," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , vol. 61, no. 2 (Spring), p. 152,
    • Subjects report the physiological arousals induced by adrenaline and placebo differently.
  • Arousal from sleep or hibernation.
    • the mechanism for arousal from sleep
    the animal undergoes regular spells of arousal

    Synonyms

    * horniness