Curious vs. Nosy
Difference Between Curious and Nosy
Curiousadjective
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.Nosyadjective
prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle
They built tall fences, yet the nosy neighbors always seemed to know everything about them.Curiousadjective
Caused by curiosity.
Nosynoun
A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.
I might wander down to the construction site for a nosy at what they're building.Curiousadjective
Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.
The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.Nosyadjective
offensively curious or inquisitive;
curious about the neighbor's doingshe flipped through my letters in his nosy wayprying eyesthe snoopy neighbor watched us all dayCuriousadjective
(obsolete) Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
Curiousadjective
(obsolete) Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.
Curiousadjective
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;
a curious hybrid accenther speech has a funny twangthey have some funny ideas about warhad an odd namethe peculiar aromatic odor of clovessomething definitely queer about this townwhat a rum fellowsingular behaviorCuriousadjective
eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns);
a curious child is a teacher's delighta trap door that made me curiouscurious investigatorstraffic was slowed by curious rubberneckerscurious about the neighbor's doingsCuriousadjective
having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more;
a trap door that made me curious
