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Ling vs Yoni - What's the difference?

ling | yoni |

As nouns the difference between ling and yoni

is that ling is any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva, resembling the cod while yoni is the female sexual organs, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.

ling

English

(wikipedia ling)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various marine food fish, of the genus Molva , resembling the cod.
  • Short for common ling, Molva molva .
  • Any of various varieties of heather or broom.

    • Derived terms

    * blue ling * common ling (Molva molva)

    yoni

    English

    (wikipedia yoni)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The female sexual organs, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.
  • * 2004 , Johanna Wikoff, Deborah Romaine, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Kama Sutra , Alpha Books 2004, p. 242:
    • Stroke your partner's thighs and caress her breasts as you make love to her yoni with your mouth and tongue.
  • * 2001 , David Adams Leeming, A Dictionary of Asian Mythology , Oxford 2001, p. 205:
    • In Hinduism [...] and Tantrism [...], the yoni is the generative organ of the Goddess.
  • * 1997 , David R Kinsley, Tantric Visions of the Divine Feminine , University of California 1997, p. 235:
    • The goddess blesses him by placing his li?gam in her yoni .

    Derived terms

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