Salacious vs Scabrous - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between salacious and scabrous

is that salacious is promoting sexual desire or lust while scabrous is covered with scales or scabs, or otherwise extremely rough.

(en adjective)

Promoting sexual desire or lust.

Lascivious, bawdy, obscene, lewd.

* ardent, hot, dirty, lubricious

* salaciousness

(en adjective)

covered with scales or scabs, or otherwise extremely rough

After the incident with the gasoline, Noel's burnt arm remained scabrous , and was susceptible to infections.

having indecent sexual content or connotation, rough

The novel was a flagrantly scabrous bodice-ripper, and Rachael was ashamed to read it in public.

(figurative) harsh; unmusical

* Dryden

His verse is scabrous and hobbling.