Promiscuous vs Inquisitive - What's the difference?
promiscuous | inquisitive |
Made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition.
* 1667 , , Book 1, ll. 379-80
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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.
Eager to acquire knowledge.
* I. Watts
Too curious; overly interested; nosy.
* Broome
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As adjectives the difference between promiscuous and inquisitive
is that promiscuous is made up of various disparate elements mixed together; of disorderly composition while inquisitive is eager to acquire knowledge.promiscuous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- 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.
Synonyms
* See also * See also * (made up of various disparate elements) motleyDerived terms
* promiscuity * promiscuousnessExternal links
* * *inquisitive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A young, inquisitive , and sprightly genius.
- A wise man is not inquisitive about things impertinent.
- Everybody gets their own ration of luck, they say. Now you mention it' his face was familiar to me. But, leaving that for the moment, how much did you part with, he queried, if I am not too ' inquisitive ?