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Horny vs Nymphomaniac - What's the difference?

horny | nymphomaniac |

As adjectives the difference between horny and nymphomaniac

is that horny is hard or bony, like an animal's horn while nymphomaniac is (of a woman) having excessive sexual desire.

As a noun nymphomaniac is

a woman with excessive sexual desire.

horny

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Hard or bony, like an animal's horn.
  • Having horns
    • "In 1997, 4th and 5th grade Waterville Elementary students told me they saw Short-horned lizards (commonly known as Horny toads) all around their area." http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/projects/waterville/begin.html
  • (informal, vulgar) Sexually aroused.
    • That girl makes me feel horny .
  • * {{quote-book, year=1949, author=Henry Miller, title=Sexus
    • , passage=Her thick, gurgling voice saying...: "Get it in all the way... please, please do... I’m horny ."}}
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1971, date=October, journal=Black World, page=65/1
    • , passage=Ain’t that the horny bitch that was grindin with the blind dude.}}

    Synonyms

    * (hard or bony) callous, coarse, coarsened, hardened, rough * (having horns) horned * (sexually aroused) randy, toey, excited; see also * See also

    Derived terms

    * (sexually aroused) horniness

    nymphomaniac

    English

    (wikipedia nymphomaniac)

    Alternative forms

    * (of adjective ) nymphomaniacal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A woman with excessive sexual desire.
    • She's so horny she must be a nymphomaniac .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a woman) Having excessive sexual desire.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * hypersexuality