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Beguiling vs Pleasing - What's the difference?

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Beguiling is a related term of pleasing.


As verbs the difference between beguiling and pleasing

is that beguiling is while pleasing is .

As nouns the difference between beguiling and pleasing

is that beguiling is a beguilement while pleasing is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing".

As adjectives the difference between beguiling and pleasing

is that beguiling is that beguiles or beguile while pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.

beguiling

English

Verb

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  • 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?

    pleasing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
  • Synonyms

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    Noun

  • pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
  • What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross

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