Alluring vs Entice - What's the difference?
alluring | entice |
Having the power to allure.
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To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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As verbs the difference between alluring and entice
is that alluring is present participle of lang=en while entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.As a noun alluring
is the action of the verb allure.As an adjective alluring
is having the power to allure.alluring
English
Verb
(head)Adjective
(en adjective)- Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
entice
English
Verb
(entic)citation, passage=Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.}}
- I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.