Do you prefer the term "nude" or "naked?

[elaphe]

[purplepoppy]

The words are not interchangeable.

"The artist paints nudes" not the "artist paints nakeds"

"I saw him in the nude" not "I saw him in the naked"

And that's the naked truth and not the nude truth.

Naked is more vulnerable while nude is consenting. You go to a nudist beach not a nakist beach. You say "I felt naked and ashamed" not "nude and ashamed"

[Red_Arrow]

Actually, when used as an adjective, they are interchangeable. According to the Oxford Languages dictionary, the definition of nude is "wearing no clothes; naked." So you can refer to a painting of a naked model or of a nude model.

[purplepoppy]

The dictionary is wrong.

[Anonymous]

You asked for a preference, and idiots told you that the two words are interchangeable. LOL You already knew that, but that wasn't your question.

"Would you rather have pizza or hamburgers?"

Idiot: Both lol

Naked.

[Sjoerd85]

I like "naked" better.

"I am in the nude at home" vs " I am naked at home".

"Nude friends" vs "Naked friends ".

"Gardening in the nude today" vs "Gardening naked today".

"Nude at the beach " vs "Naked at the beach".

"Naked" just sounds better.

[Wise4myage]

For some reason, saying or spelling the word naked turns me on more.

[katiesmuff]

Either one is just fine and gets the point across,

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I say naked.

[Abbycado]

Doesn’t matter. Same result.

[Daily_Affirmation69]

@Abbycado I think nude can sometimes refer to a color? haha

[Abbycado]

In that context, yeah. I have a nude bra, for example.

[Daily_Affirmation69]

So you can have a nude bra, on a naked body? hmmmm...

[Abbycado]

If you have a bra on, you can’t be naked XD

[Daily_Affirmation69]

Haha, fine! XD Then if you weren't wearing your nude bra, then youd be naked. THERE! happppyy?

[Red_Arrow]

Nude is softer sounding, while the k in naked makes it sound rougher, harsher. So generally I find nude to be preferred. However, if speaking of rundown areas, naked can convey the idea better. "There are eight million stories in the naked city; this has been one of them" was a tag from the police procedural show "The Naked City".

[RebelinSteel]

Either, they are interchangeable most of the time, often depends on the context.

[itsclearlynicholas]

Naked for the win right? Hell if I had to describe a girlfriend or a friends with benefits I'd never take her seriously if she said "let's get nude" total turn off 🤨😁

[mandyfire98]

I don't care one way or the other. I use both probably.

[electromagnetic]

Naked.

[thatshydork]

To me, when I hear nude, I think of makeup or when someone sends me unwanted… “photos” of themselves.

When I hear naked, I don’t have any reaction whatsoever.

[NathanDavis]

get naked... send nudes...

[skidawgkc22]

Naked - it's more fun

[Chazmatazz269]

Nude for adults, naked for children.

[Dargil]

There's a difference between naked and nude Naked is having no clothes on. Nude is having no clothes on and being up to something.

[AviatorTom]

Nude is easier to say.

[itsclearlynicholas]

Naked. 😈😋😈😋👀👀👌🏻🙂 Naked always wins. Always

[itsclearlynicholas]

@elaphe where was the poll? No poll? 👀😆😒

[DrPepper12]

Either as long as I am.

[sirderpsalot123]

Both are fine

[Alex-Snow]

Either one works for me. I don;t care

[BobbieBoy666]

I preferer to use Nude it's a cleaner word to use then the Naked word.

Naked sounds Dirty 👿

Nude sounds cleaner. 😇

[Twalli]

Depends on what is going on. Naled is sexual, nude isn't.

[AngryCarl]

I like to get naked. Nudity sounds too tasteful.