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AH020387 Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Caress VS fondle

What is the difference between caress and fondle?

And also can I say 'caress the orphan's head' or is it a 'sexual' connotated word?
  

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It's the other way around.
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So fondle is sexual but caress isn't?
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That's correct. Emotion: geeked

"Connoted" is a word, by the way. "Connotated" is not, as far as I know.

"Connotation" is ve
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Fondle does not always have a sexual connotation. It means to touch gently and in a loving way, or to touch in a sexual way.

Here are some examples:-


She fondled the puppies.

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I agree, Louise, that it's not always, but the sexual connotation gets so much use that it's probably best to avoid it unless you're really, really clear that it's not sexual. The puppies are probably okay. I can see someone thinking the second one was a pedophile with a foot fetish. Sad and sick that someone might think that way first, but other words have lost their common meanings by being ov
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Oh dear yes. We do have to be careful.

Well AH I think GG is right and you should avoid using 'fondle' for non sexual connotations unless you make it absolutely clearly understood.

Thanks GG for pointing that out.

Have a gay day.
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