different between arouse vs curiosity

English

Etymology

a- +? rouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???a?z/
• Rhymes: -a?z

Verb

arouse (third-person singular simple present arouses, present participle arousing, simple past and past participle aroused)

1. To stimulate feelings.

   • “?My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “?incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat?: “?I prefer a farandole to a nocturne?; I'd rather have a painting than an etching?; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects; […].”
2. To sexually stimulate.
   1. (euphemistic) To cause an erection of the penis or other physical signs of sexual arousal, such as fluid secretion.

3. To wake from sleep or stupor.
   • 1996, Beruga (line translated by Dan Owsen), Terranigma. Nintendo of America.
   • I have no idea who you are, but I thank you for arousing me.

Synonyms

• (stimulate feelings): animate, energize, inspire; see also Thesaurus:enliven
• (sexually stimulate): sex up, turn on; see also Thesaurus:sexually stimulate
• (wake from sleep or stupor): rouse, wake up; see also Thesaurus:wake or Thesaurus:awaken

Translations

See also

• arousal
• aroused

Anagrams

• Roseau

English

Etymology

From Middle English curiosite, variant of curiouste, from Anglo-Norman curiouseté, from Latin c?ri?sit?tem, from c?ri?sus. Surface analysis curious +? -ity; see -osity.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kyoo?r"??s'?t?, IPA^(key): /?kj??????s?ti/

Noun

curiosity (countable and uncountable, plural curiosities)

1. (uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]

   Synonym: inquisitiveness

   Antonym: ignorance

   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde

     It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend's quarters; and he eyed the dingy, windowless structure with curiosity, and gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre
2. A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest. [from 17th c.]

3. (obsolete) Careful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building. [16th-19th c.]
   • 1631, John Smith, Advertisements, in Kupperman 1988, p. 81:

     wee built a homely thing like a barne, set upon Cratchets, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth, so also was the walls; the best of our houses of the like curiosity, but the most part farre much worse workmanship […]

Derived terms

• curiosity killed the cat

Related terms

• curious

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