Seductive vs Arousing - What's the difference?
seductive | arousing | Related terms |
Attractive, alluring, tempting.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title=
(rare) An act or occurrence in which something is aroused
* {{quote-book, year=1912, author=Will Levington Comfort, title=Fate Knocks at the Door, chapter=, edition=
, passage=There is a mob in every drama--poor mob that always loses, of untimely arousings , mere bewildered strength in the wiles of strategy. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Anna Bishop Scofield, title=Insights and Heresies Pertaining to the Evolution of the Soul, chapter=, edition=2nd ed.
, passage=These excursions of the soul into the realm of matter, thus made by and through the offices of clairvoyants and seers, the repeated arousings of the ego from its contented sleep are finally highly educational, and result in resurrecting the forces of the enfranchised being, and setting them in motion on the lines of useful work for humanity. }}
As adjectives the difference between seductive and arousing
is that seductive is attractive, alluring, tempting while arousing is that or who arouses or arouse.As a verb arousing is
present participle of lang=en.As a noun arousing is
an act or occurrence in which something is aroused.seductive
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(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "seductive" is often applied: woman, lady, girl, power, art, image, behavior, smile, dress, dance, tango, song, etc.arousing
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