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Bisexual vs Trisexual - What's the difference?

bisexual | trisexual |

As nouns the difference between bisexual and trisexual

is that bisexual is bisexual while trisexual is one who is trisexual.

As an adjective trisexual is

(sexuality) of or relating to a system that involves three genders, or sexualities or trisexual can be (humorous|or|pejorative) of a person, willing to "try anything" sexually.

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

    * ----

    trisexual

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (sexuality) Of or relating to a system that involves three genders, or sexualities.

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (humorous, or, pejorative) Of a person, willing to "try anything" sexually.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who is trisexual.