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Incestuous vs Incestual - What's the difference?

incestuous | incestual |

As adjectives the difference between incestuous and incestual

is that incestuous is pertaining to or engaging in incest while incestual is incestuous.

incestuous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or engaging in incest.
    • If you engage in an incestuous relationship with a family member, that would make you an inbreeder.
  • Characterized by mutual relationships that are intimate and exclusive to the detriment of outsiders.

    • Synonyms

    * interbreeder

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "incestuous")

    Derived terms

    * incestuously

    incestual

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (nonstandard) incestuous

    • Anagrams

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