anal vs sodomy

anal

noun
  • Anal sex. 

  • Any of the anal scales of a reptile. 

verb
  • To penetrate anally. 

adj
  • of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. 

  • Of a person, compulsive and stubborn, obsessed with neatness and accuracy, supposedly from not having progressed beyond the anal stage. 

  • Of the stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is alleged to be concentrated on the anal region. 

  • Proximate to the thorax. 

sodomy

noun
  • Anal sex. 

  • Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or historically homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex. 

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