Coaxing vs Flattery - What's the difference?
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The act of one who coaxes.
(uncountable) Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
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, chapter=2 (countable) An instance of excessive praise.
Coaxing is a related term of flattery.
As nouns the difference between coaxing and flattery
is that coaxing is the act of one who coaxes while flattery is (uncountable) excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.As a verb coaxing
is .coaxing
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Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- After innumerable coaxings and threats, he agreed to do it.
flattery
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Noun
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