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Beguiling vs Elusive - What's the difference?

beguiling | elusive |

As adjectives the difference between beguiling and elusive

is that beguiling is that beguiles or beguile while elusive is evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.

As a verb beguiling

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun beguiling

is a beguilement.

beguiling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A beguilement.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That beguiles or beguile.
  • * a beguiling look
  • * 2009 , , The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet , Pinguin Books, page 26:
    • I thought he was supposed to be my mentor. But, in actuality, what did I know about the often beguiling world of adults?

    elusive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
    • The elusive criminal was arrested
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1910 , author=Jack London , title=Lost Face , chapter=6 citation , passage=Charley chased the elusive idea through all the nooks and crannies of his drowning consciousness.}}
  • Rarely seen.
  • *
  • Difficult to describe.
    • A precise definition of diarrhea is elusive (Robbin's pathology, 8th ed)

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