Beautiful or Sexy??

beau·ti·ful [bytif’l]

adj

1. pleasing to the senses: very pleasing and impressive to listen to, touch, or especially to look at

2. excellent: very good or enjoyable


sex·y [séksee]

(comparative sex·i·er, superlative sex·i·est)

adj

1. arousing desire: arousing or intended to arouse sexual desire

2. aroused: sexually aroused

3. appealing: appealing especially because of being new, interesting, or trendy (informal)


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Palpably, the basic difference between beautiful and sexy is the mode of perception you're in. A testosterone-flooded mind may perceive beautiful as sexy for beauty is the crucial ingredient of anything sexy. Au contraire, all that's immersed in beauty need not have the sex-punch in it.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder and so is sexiness. In one of the ragging sessions conducted recently, I asked a freshie if the wallpaper of Anna Kournikova in bikini on my lappu(laptop) was sexy or beautiful. He replied," I don't know about the wallpaper but above all contradictions, Anna is sexy!" Moreover, the image of a personality i.e. your pre-opinion does count and formulates a biased opinion. So what's your take on the pix of Elisha Cuthbert pasted above -
sexy or beautiful?