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Bisexual vs Intersexual - What's the difference?

bisexual | intersexual |

As adjectives the difference between intersexual and bisexual

is that intersexual is between the sexes while bisexual is sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.

As nouns the difference between intersexual and bisexual

is that intersexual is an intersexed person while bisexual is a person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.

bisexual

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (sexuality, of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.
  • (botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
  • (botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
  • (botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
  • (botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
  • (rare) Hermaphroditic.
  • Midrash and Zohar present Adam as hermaphroditic or bisexual .

    Hyponyms

    * heteroflexible

    Synonyms

    * (sexually attracted to persons of either sex) (slang), ambidextrous (jocular), bi (colloquial) * perfect, hermaphrodite * See also

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.
  • I have two family members who came out as bisexual ; my sister and my aunt.

    Synonyms

    * bi (colloquial) * See also

    Hypernyms

    *LGBT

    Also see

    * ----

    intersexual

    English

    Adjective

  • Between the sexes.
  • (biology) Having both male and female characteristics, or characteristics intermediate between the sexes.
  • Synonyms

    * intersex, intersexed

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An intersexed person.
  • Synonyms

    * intersex

    See also

    * androgynous, androgyne * epicene * hermaphrodite ----