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Sagacity vs Salacity - What's the difference?

sagacity | salacity |

As nouns the difference between sagacity and salacity

is that sagacity is the quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions while salacity is the state or quality of being salacious; lewdness, obscenity, bawdiness.

sagacity

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The quality of being sage, wise, or able to make good decisions.

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    salacity

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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).