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Squalid vs Licentious - What's the difference?

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Squalid is a related term of licentious.


As adjectives the difference between squalid and licentious

is that squalid is extremely dirty and unpleasant while licentious is lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct.

As a noun squalid

is (zoology) any member of the squalidae.

squalid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Extremely dirty and unpleasant.
  • Showing a contemptible lack of moral standards.
    • A squalid attempt to buy votes.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any member of the Squalidae.
  • * 2008 , David A. Ebert, James A. Sulikowski, Biology of Skates (page 126)
    • Numerous diet studies on squalids have shown that members of this family tend to feed mainly on teleosts and cephalopods

    licentious

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct.
  • Disregarding accepted rules.

    • Derived terms

    * licentiousness

    See also

    * incontinent