Obscenity vs Salacity - What's the difference?
obscenity | salacity |
(countable) Something that is obscene.
(countable) An act of obscene behaviour.
(countable) Specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word.
(uncountable) The qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.
*, II.ii.2:
*:Aristotle gives instance in sparrows, which are parum vivaces ob salacitatem , short-lived because of their salacity , which is very frequent […].
(countable) An act which is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy).
In countable terms the difference between obscenity and salacity
is that obscenity is specifically, an offensive word; a profanity; a dirty word while salacity is an act which is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy).In uncountable terms the difference between obscenity and salacity
is that obscenity is the qualities that make something obscene; lewdness, indecency, or offensive behaviour while salacity is the state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.obscenity
English
Noun
(obscenities)- Martha wouldn't go into the art museum because, as she put it, "They have obscenities just sitting out, on display!"
- Bestiality was outlawed as an obscenity in the strongly conservative community.
- Eliza couldn't stand her daughter's music; as she saw it, it was just shouted obscenities and a heavy drum beat.
- The coalition of religious conservatives was campaigning against, in their view, rampant obscenity in the entertainment industry.
