Interest and Stimulus

Interest

Interest noun - A legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something.

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Stimulus and interest are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stimulus" instead a noun "Interest".

Stimulus noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Interest and stimulus are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Interest" instead a noun "Stimulus".

special	special interest	special stimulus
specific	specific interest	specific stimulus
mild	mild interest	mild stimulus
sexual	sexual interest	sexual stimulus
Other adjectives: new, immediate, less, slightest, sudden.

There is a psychological/biological condition named after him - the "Coolidge effect." It refers to situations where someone (almost always male) has renewed sexual interest and energy because new... uh, stimulus has entered his life.

Source: Useful Notes / Calvin Coolidge

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