naked vs nude

naked

adj
  • Bare, not covered by clothing. 

  • Without any additives, or without some component that would usually be included. 

  • Unprotected, uncovered; (by extension) without a condom. 

  • Where the writer (seller) does not own the underlying asset to cover the contract. 

  • Resourceless, poor, lacking means. 

  • Glib, without decoration, put bluntly. 

  • Unaided, unaccompanied. 

  • Barren, having no foliage, unvegetated. 

  • Characterized by the nakedness of the people concerned or to whom the described noun is attributed. 

  • Lacking or devoid of something. 

  • Uncomfortable or vulnerable, as if missing something important. 

  • Of a singularity, not hidden within an event horizon and thus observable from other parts of spacetime. 

nude

adj
  • Without clothing or other covering of the skin; without clothing on the genitals or female nipples. 

  • Of a color (such as beige or tan) that evokes bare flesh. 

noun
  • A color that resembles or evokes bare flesh; a paint, dye, etc. of such color. 

  • A painting, sculpture, photograph or other artwork or mass-media-reproduced image depicting one or more human figure(s) in a state of near or total undress. 

  • The state of total nudity. 

How often have the words naked and nude occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )