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Beguiling vs Intriguing - What's the difference?

beguiling | intriguing |

As verbs the difference between beguiling and intriguing

is that beguiling is while intriguing is .

As nouns the difference between beguiling and intriguing

is that beguiling is a beguilement while intriguing is an intrigue.

As adjectives the difference between beguiling and intriguing

is that beguiling is that beguiles or beguile while intriguing is causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

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?

    intriguing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

    • Synonyms

    * fascinating, interesting, attractive

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An intrigue.
  • * Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck
    • In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings , the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.