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Lascivious vs Seductive - What's the difference?

lascivious | seductive |

As adjectives the difference between lascivious and seductive

is that lascivious is wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful while seductive is attractive, alluring, tempting.

lascivious

English

(wikipedia lascivious)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
  • *
  • *:The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.

    • Synonyms

    * wanton, lewd, lustful

    See also

    * lecherous

    seductive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attractive, alluring, tempting.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "seductive" is often applied: woman, lady, girl, power, art, image, behavior, smile, dress, dance, tango, song, etc.

    Related terms

    * seductress * seducement * seduce * seduction