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Alluring vs Captivating - What's the difference?

alluring | captivating |

As verbs the difference between alluring and captivating

is that alluring is present participle of lang=en while captivating is present participle of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between alluring and captivating

is that alluring is having the power to allure while captivating is that captivates; fascinating.

As a noun alluring

is the action of the verb allure.

alluring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

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

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the power to allure.
  • *
    • 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.

    captivating

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • that captivates; fascinating
  • beautiful; showing great beauty

    • Derived terms

    * captivatingly

    Verb

    (head)