Curious vs. Nosy

Curiousadjective

Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.

Curiousadjective

Caused by curiosity.

Curiousadjective

Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.

Curiousadjective

(obsolete) Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.

Curiousadjective

(obsolete) Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.

Curiousadjective

Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact.

Curiousadjective

Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.

Curiousadjective

Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; - sometimes with after or of.

Curiousadjective

Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare.

Curiousadjective

beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

Curiousadjective

eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns);

Curiousadjective

having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more;

Nosyadjective

prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle

Nosynoun

A look at something to satisfy one's curiosity.

Nosy

Offensively or intrusively curious; prying; nosey; as, he flipped through my letters in his nosy way.

Nosyadjective

offensively curious or inquisitive;