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Sensual vs Modest - What's the difference?

sensual | modest |

As adjectives the difference between sensual and modest

is that sensual is inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations while modest is not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.

sensual

English

Alternative forms

* sensuall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.
  • That massage was a very sensual experience!
  • (not comparable) Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
  • Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.

    Anagrams

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    modest

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements, unpretentious, humble.
  • Small, moderate in size.
  • He earns a modest amount of money.
    Her latest novel was a modest success.
  • (especially of behaviour or clothing) Avoiding being sexually suggestive.
  • Synonyms

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    Antonyms

    * immodest

    Derived terms

    * modest proposal * modesty