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Entreaty vs Beseeching - What's the difference?

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Entreaty is a related term of beseeching.


As nouns the difference between entreaty and beseeching

is that entreaty is the act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation while beseeching is a heartfelt plea.

As a verb beseeching is

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entreaty

English

Noun

(entreaties)
  • The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation.
    • We need an entreaty to stop the hostilities.
  • (archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.

    • beseeching

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A heartfelt plea.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=September 20, author=John R. Quain, title=Getting Lost With a Cellphone, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The ability to blithely make wrong turns without serious directional consequences is, of course, one of the hallmarks of PNDs —? and a feature that allows me to ignore my wife’s beseechings and merrily proceed on my way without ever stopping to ask for directions. }}