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Unisexual vs Bisexual - What's the difference?

unisexual | bisexual |

As adjectives the difference between unisexual and bisexual

is that unisexual is of an organism, having characteristics of single sex (as opposed to hermaphrodites) while bisexual is sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.

As a noun bisexual is

a person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.

unisexual

Adjective

(-)
  • Of an organism, having characteristics of single sex (as opposed to hermaphrodites).
  • Most animals are unisexual .

    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

    Synonyms

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

    Coordinate terms

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    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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