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Nymphomaniac vs Promiscuous - What's the difference?

nymphomaniac | promiscuous |

As adjectives the difference between nymphomaniac and promiscuous

is that nymphomaniac is (of a woman) having excessive sexual desire while promiscuous is made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.

As a noun nymphomaniac

is a woman with excessive sexual desire.

nymphomaniac

English

(wikipedia nymphomaniac)

Alternative forms

* (of adjective ) nymphomaniacal

Noun

(en noun)
  • A woman with excessive sexual desire.
    • She's so horny she must be a nymphomaniac .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of a woman) Having excessive sexual desire.

    • Related terms

    * (l)

    See also

    * hypersexuality

    promiscuous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
  • * 1667 , , Book 1, ll. 379-80
    • Came singly where he stood on the bare strand, / While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof.
  • *
    • they had both been educated on plans at once narrow and promiscuous , first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor uncle and guardian trying in this way to remedy the disadvantages of their orphaned condition.
  • Made without careful choice; indiscriminate.
  • indiscriminate in choice of sexual partners.
  • (networking) The mode in which a gathers all network traffic instead of getting only the traffic intended for it.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also * (made up of various disparate elements) motley

    Derived terms

    * promiscuity * promiscuousness

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