Difference between Prudish and Puritanical

PRUDISH vs PURITANICAL: ADJECTIVE

Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters
Like a prude; very formal, precise, or reserved; affectedly severe in virtue
Marked by or exhibiting the characteristics of a prude; priggish.
Exaggeratedly proper

Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; — often used by way of reproach or contempt.
Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Puritans.
Rigorous in religious observance; marked by stern morality.
Exaggeratedly proper
Morally rigorous and strict
Of or relating to Puritans or Puritanism

Excessively formal or precise; rigid; stiff; severe.
Having the character or manner of a prude; affecting extreme propriety of behavior; also, characteristic of a prude; prim.

Licentious, Snobbish, Puritan, Uptight, Censorious, Square toed, Tight laced, Proper, Victorian, Straightlaced, Prim, Straitlaced, Prissy, Priggish, Puritanical

Moralistic, Tight laced, Square toed, Puritanic, Nonindulgent, Blue, Proper, Victorian, Prim, Straightlaced, Prissy, Straitlaced, Priggish, Prudish, Puritan

Licentious, Snobbish, Puritan, Uptight, Censorious, Tight laced, Square toed, Proper, Victorian, Straightlaced, Prim, Straitlaced, Prissy, Priggish, Puritanical

Moralistic, Tight laced, Square toed, Puritanic, Nonindulgent, Blue, Proper, Victorian, Prim, Straightlaced, Prissy, Straitlaced, Priggish, Prudish, Puritan

I felt prudish for a living, some are better than to even try and appeal the FDA sometime in 2005.
Certainly not for the prudish, but then again, I suspect there aren't too many regulars here who are prudes.
Exposure to such openness liberates Edna from her previously prudish behavior and repressed emotions and desires.
Come on, Beneath that Icy exterior is a freak, How prudish is she?
Heinrich, however, was not as prudish as a later medieval editor.
It is prudish to treat infections caused by enema and eroded micro-organisms abstracted minocin.
Recently Tumblr announced it would implement a hypocritical, prudish ban on adult content.
It is naughty and might be frowned upon by prudish viewers.
Purple One but finds him too lucid and prudish.
Who would have thought the Sex Party was prudish?

There is need for a practical, problem-solving approach, not these puritanical moral expressions of outrage.
She believed in predestination, a very angry God, was puritanical to the point of OCD.
Of course, because it was mainstream art promoting libidinous pleasure, a puritanical outcry followed.
This Puritanical belief in community, once threatened, is what led him to rebel.
Pearl, which shows the perceived danger of female sexuality in a puritanical society.
Costumes and music are also low-keyed, in keeping with the Puritanical lifestyle.
With reformed theology comes a puritanical passion to purify the church.
Puritanical settlers as a foil to the concept of piracy.
We have a puritanical attitude in this country to fireworks.
The Puritans were down right Puritanical about Sunday.