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Spanking vs Fetish - What's the difference?

spanking | fetish |

As nouns the difference between spanking and fetish

is that spanking is a form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks while fetish is something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.

As a verb spanking

is present participle of lang=en.

As an adjective spanking

is fast and energetic.

As an adverb spanking

is an intensifier.

spanking

English

(wikipedia spanking)

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
    • Domestic spanking''' is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal ' spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A-frame, with or without constraints
  • An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
  • * 2001 , John Rosemond, John Rosemond's New Parent Power!?
    • Some people think spankings of any sort constitute child abuse.

    Related terms

    * spankee * spanker * spankingly * unspanked

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Fast and energetic.
    • a spanking pace
  • * (James Joyce)
    • I'd like nothing better this minute, said Mr Browne stoutly, than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.
  • (often, nautical) Brisk and fresh.
    • a spanking breeze
  • remarkable of its kind.
    • a spanking good time

    Synonyms

    * striking

    Adverb

    (-)
  • An intensifier.
    • brand spanking new

    References

    * * English degree adverbs English intensifiers

    fetish

    English

    (wikipedia fetish)

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (es)
  • Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
  • Something sexual or nonsexual, such as an object or a part of the body, which arouses sexual desire or is necessary for one to reach full sexual satisfaction.
    • I know a guy who has a foot fetish .
  • (US) An irrational, or abnormal fixation or preoccupation.
  • * 1933': ''We have a feeling that it must be "honest" work, because it is hard and disagreeable, and we have made a sort of '''fetish of manual work.'' -- George Orwell, ''Down and Out in Paris and London , Ch. XXII, pg. 117 (Harvest / Harcourt paperback edition).

    • Related terms

    * fetishism * fetishist * fetishistic * fetishlike * fetishize * fetishwear