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Risque vs Suggestive - What's the difference?

risque | suggestive | Related terms |

Risque is a related term of suggestive.


As adjectives the difference between risque and suggestive

is that risque is (us) while suggestive is tending to suggest or imply.

risque

English

Alternative forms

* risque (US)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Suggestive of sexual impropriety; bordering on the indelicate.

    • Synonyms

    * near the knuckle (UK)

    Anagrams

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    suggestive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to suggest or imply.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=6, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}
  • Suggesting romance, sex, etc.