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Psi vs Bara - What's the difference?

psi | bara |

As nouns the difference between psi and bara

is that psi is psi (greek letter) while bara is a single little wave, billow.

As an adjective psi

is dog (when used attributively).

psi

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) , the name for the twenty-third letter of the alphabet (?, ?).

Noun

  • (countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical]] and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of [[Old Greek, Old and Ancient Greek.
  • (uncountable, parapsychology) A form of psychic energy.
  • * 1993 , Will Self, My Idea of Fun :
    • ‘Come, lad,’ he said. ‘We will take tea together and speak of the noumenon, the psi and other more heterogenous phenomena.’

    See also

    * (Greek letter) Previous: chi, Next: omega

    Etymology 2

    Initialism

    Alternative forms

    * * PSI

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • Pounds per square inch (an imperial unit of pressure)

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    bara

    English

    Usage notes

    The term barazoku'' was once relatively more common in the Japanese gay community (the magazine ''Barazoku starting publication in 1971), but has long since gone out of fashion in Japan, having been replaced by terms like ). The term bara often contrasts with , which is gay male media usually made by heterosexual women to appeal to other heterosexual women. Whereas bara typically emphasizes masculine homoeroticism and frank explicit sexual situations, yaoi typically emphasizes the androgynous bishonen aesthetic and depicts emotional romantic relationships.

    Noun

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  • (label) A genre; homoerotic media, usually manga and often pornographic, made by gay men for gay men in Japan.
  • (label) Gay male media of a similar style and aesthetic, regardless of the creator's gender or ethnicity.
  • (label) Any homoerotic media or pornography that accentuates macho masculinity; gay porn.
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