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Beguiling vs Credulous - What's the difference?

beguiling | credulous |

As adjectives the difference between beguiling and credulous

is that beguiling is that beguiles or beguile while credulous is excessively ready to believe things; gullible.

As a verb beguiling

is .

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?

    credulous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessively ready to believe things; gullible.
  • (obsolete) Believed too readily.

    • Derived terms

    * credulously * credulousness

    Related terms

    * credulity

    Synonyms

    * naive, unworldly * See also:

    Antonyms

    * incredulous

    References

    * (etymology)