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Alluring vs Alluding - What's the difference?

alluring | alluding |

As verbs the difference between alluring and alluding

is that alluring is while alluding is .

As a noun alluring

is the action of the verb allure .

As an adjective alluring

is having the power to allure.

alluring

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Verb

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    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb allure .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the power to allure.
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    • Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

    alluding

    English

    Verb

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