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Promiscuous vs Debaucherous - What's the difference?

promiscuous | debaucherous |

As adjectives the difference between promiscuous and debaucherous

is that promiscuous is made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition while debaucherous is excessively indulgent in sensual pleasures.

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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    debaucherous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively indulgent in sensual pleasures

    • Related terms

    * debauch * debauchee * debaucher * debauchery

    References

    * Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon. Dictionary.com, LLC. 2009 [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/debaucherous]