Asexual vs. Pansexual

Asexual vs. Pansexual — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Asexual and Pansexual

Asexualadjective

Not sexual in nature, not marked by sexual activity. (Compare Platonic.)

Pansexualadjective

Sexually attracted to people regardless of gender. heterosexual, homosexual.}}

Asexualadjective

Not experiencing sexual attraction; lacking interest in or desire for sex.

Pansexualadjective

Sexually attracted to everyone.

Asexualadjective

(biology) Having no distinct sex, having no sexual organs.

Pansexualadjective

Welcoming people of all sexual orientations.

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Asexualadjective

(biology) Without sexual action; reproducing by some other method than sex.

asexual reproduction

Pansexualadjective

(psychology) Pertaining to the psychological theory of pansexualism.

Asexualnoun

(biology) A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species.

Pansexualnoun

Someone who is attracted to all types of people regardless of gender.

Asexualnoun

A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex.

Pansexualnoun

a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds

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Asexualnoun

(rare) Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing.

Asexualadjective

not havning or involving sex;

an asexual sporeasexual reproduction