Curiosity and Thought

Curiosity

Curiosity noun - An eager desire to find out about things that are often none of one's business.

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Thought and curiosity are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Thought" instead a noun "Curiosity".

Nearby Words: curious, curiously

Thought noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.

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Curiosity and thought are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Curiosity" instead a noun "Thought".

pure	pure curiosity	pure thought
better	better curiosity	better thought
true	true curiosity	true thought
genuine	genuine curiosity	genuine thought
Other adjectives: deep, simple, intellectual, great, little, idle, interesting, sexual, mere, negative, strange, scientific, medical.

But when his curiosity takes over, the little boy realizes that his enemies aren't as bad as he thought they were.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Five Nights at Freddy's
Burns does this simply out of curiosity, but he's so old and decrepit that "taking candy from a baby" is not as easy as he had thought.

Source: Threw My Bike on the Roof
In The Wuzzles section of a Walt Disney Comics comic book, Croc had one appear in a thought balloon, but Flizzard swiped it out of curiosity.

Source: Idea Bulb

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