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Entice vs Soothing - What's the difference?

entice | soothing |

As verbs the difference between entice and soothing

is that entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope while soothing is .

As an adjective soothing is

tending to soothe.

As a noun soothing is

the act by which somebody is soothed.

entice

English

Verb

(entic)
  • To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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  • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= 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.

    See also

    * beguile * tempt * seduce

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    soothing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to soothe.
  • soothing music
  • Giving relief.
  • a soothing ointment
  • Freeing from fear or anxiety.
  • soothing words

    Derived terms

    * soothingly

    Verb

    (head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which somebody is soothed.
  • * 1823 , Charles Caleb Colton
  • There are moments when the brightest minds prefer the soothings of sympathy to all the brilliance of wit, as he that is in need of repose, selects a bed of feathers, rather than of flints.

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