2007-01-14 13:04:05 · 9 answers · asked by cecilia 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It was the art historian Kenneth Clark who claimed there is a difference. A naked human body is exposed, vulnerable, embarrassing, he wrote in his 1956 book The Nude. "The word 'nude', on the other hand, carries, in educated usage, no uncomfortable overtone. The vague image it projects into the mind is not of a huddled and defenseless body, but of a balanced, prosperous and confident body ... "
2007-01-14 13:40:37 · answer #1 · answered by quietgirla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same thing...Usually naked is just a way of saying you don't have any clothes on and than nude is used more if you're describing like a girl on a beach.....
2007-01-14 13:19:00 · answer #2 · answered by Summer C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Naked is without covering. Nude is without clothes.
2007-01-14 17:50:14 · answer #3 · answered by Speedoguy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No difference. But I think nude does sound more "artsy"... since sculptures and paintings are referred to as nudes, rather than nakeds.
2007-01-14 13:23:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are synonyms, but I like to hear the word nude, it sounds better than naked.
2007-01-14 14:37:22 · answer #5 · answered by blue_luck_no_1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The extra letter in naked. They mean the same thing.
2007-01-14 13:44:07 · answer #6 · answered by hopflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nothing
they are both an excellent feeling . . .
i am a proud exhibitionist . . .
nude all the time . .
hey, what the hell....
all of us came into the world naked,didnt we??
HA!!
2007-01-14 13:34:23 · answer #7 · answered by short fat white girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they're the same thing!
2007-01-14 14:31:01 · answer #8 · answered by Pete_Wentz_fanatic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Their spelling. (Sorry, couldn't resist it!)
2007-01-14 13:24:51 · answer #9 · answered by ah_loong 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋