Nubile vs Naive - What's the difference?
nubile | naive |
of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman).
sexually attractive (especially of a young woman).
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
(of art) Produced in a simple, childlike style, deliberately rejecting sophisticated techniques.
As adjectives the difference between nubile and naive
is that nubile is of an age suitable for marriage; marriageable (principally of a young woman) while naive is lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.As a noun nubile
is a young sexually attractive woman.nubile
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Adjective
(en adjective)Usage notes
For a man, especially a young man, (m) is sometimes used as the corresponding term in the sense ‘marriageable’, particularly in the phrase (eligible bachelor) .Derived terms
* nubilityAnagrams
* ----naive
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Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- Surely you're not naive enough to believe adverts!
- I've always liked the naive way in which he ignores all the background detail.
