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Virginal vs Bisexual - What's the difference?

virginal | bisexual |

As adjectives the difference between virginal and bisexual

is that virginal is being or resembling a virgin while bisexual is sexually attracted to members of two or more genders.

As nouns the difference between virginal and bisexual

is that virginal is a musical instrument in the harpsichord family while bisexual is a person who is bisexual. Someone who is attracted to people of two or more genders.

virginal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Being or resembling a virgin.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (musici) A musical instrument in the harpsichord family.
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  • , title=Friday's Business , chapter=16 citation , passage=His uncle, a Cardinal, engages a Spanish youth of Moorish descent called Diego, an expert singer and player on the virginal , to unlock the secrets of the heart, and to cleanse his bosom of the perilous stuff, and cure him by the spell of his music.}}

    Usage notes

    * The singular form may be either virginal or (virginals).

    Anagrams

    * rivaling ----

    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

    *

    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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