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erotica vs. porn

erotica

[ ih-rot-i-kuh ]
noun
  1. written works, usually fiction, dealing with sexual love.
  2. sexually explicit art, photographs, sculptures, or the like, depicting human sexuality.

porn

[ pawrn ]
noun
  1. pornography; sexually explicit videos, photographs, writings, or the like, produced to elicit sexual arousal (often used attributively): arrested for selling porn;a porn star;porn films.
  2. television shows, articles, photographs, etc., thought to cater to an excessive, irresistible desire for or interest in something: a magazine filled with enticing food porn; an addiction to real-estate porn.