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Tomboy vs Bisexual - What's the difference?

tomboy | bisexual |

As nouns the difference between tomboy and bisexual

is that tomboy is a girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner while bisexual is a person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.

As an adjective bisexual is

sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.

tomboy

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.

    • Antonyms

    * girly girl

    Synonyms

    * hoyden * romp * t-bird

    External links

    * (wikipedia "tomboy") ----

    bisexual

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (sexuality, of humans or other animals) Sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.
  • (botany) Of flowers: having both pollen and seeds.
  • (botany) Of sporophytes: having both male and female organs.
  • (botany) Of gametophytes: producing both eggs and sperm.
  • (botany) Of fungi: producing both the "female" ascogonium and the "male" antheridium.
  • (rare) Hermaphroditic.
    • Midrash and Zohar present Adam as hermaphroditic or bisexual .

    Hyponyms

    * heteroflexible

    Related terms

    * bi-curious * biromantic

    Synonyms

    * (sexually attracted to persons of either sex) (slang), ambidextrous (jocular), bi (colloquial) * perfect, hermaphrodite * See also

    Coordinate terms

    *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.
    • I have two family members who came out as bisexual ; my sister and my aunt.

    Synonyms

    * bi (colloquial) * See also

    Hypernyms

    *LGBT

    Also see

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