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Nonconsensual vs Unwanted - What's the difference?

nonconsensual | unwanted |

As adjectives the difference between nonconsensual and unwanted

is that nonconsensual is not consensual; done without consent while unwanted is not wanted, welcome or acceptable.

As a noun unwanted is

one who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.

nonconsensual

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not consensual; done without consent
  • *{{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=Ezekiel Emanuel, title=Unequal treatment, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=“Researchers who exploit African-Americans,” Washington writes, “were the norm for much of our nation’s history, when black patients were commonly regarded as fit subjects for nonconsensual , nontherapeutic research.” }}

    unwanted

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • not wanted, welcome or acceptable

    • Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "unwanted" is often applied: effect, consequence, pregnancy, child, baby, person, guest, visitor, gift, thought, element, sound, sex, feature.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who or that which is not wanted; an undesirable.
  • * 1963 , The Nyasaland Journal (volumes 16-17, page 12)
    • What slaves they had bought to carry the goods of the interior back to the coast were the unwanteds of the villages — the persons convicted of crime who would normally have been killed or banished from their communities
  • * 1970 , Triumph (volumes 5-6, page 7)
    • There were no thoughts of hydrogen bombs or CBW or contraceptives or removing unwanteds . It was the old America, the old order restored, and the President saw that it was Good.