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Enticing vs Indulgent - What's the difference?

enticing | indulgent |

As adjectives the difference between enticing and indulgent

is that enticing is that entices; alluring; attracting; charming while indulgent is disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.

As a verb enticing

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun enticing

is enticement; temptation.

enticing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • That entices; alluring; attracting; charming.
  • Synonyms

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    Verb

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • enticement; temptation
  • indulgent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or give way to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing; showing or ready to show favor; favorable; indisposed to be severe or harsh, or to exercise necessary restraint: as, an indulgent parent; to be indulgent to servants.
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  • *:An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
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    Synonyms

    * forbearing * gentle * lenient * tolerant

    Derived terms

    * indulgential * indulgently

    References

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