Indulge vs Addictive - What's the difference?
indulge | addictive |
: To yield to a temptation or desire.
To satisfy the wishes or whims of.
* Atterbury
To give way to (a habit or temptation); not to oppose or restrain.
To grant an extension to the deadline of a payment.
To grant as by favour; to bestow in concession, or in compliance with a wish or request.
* Jeremy Taylor
* Alexander Pope
Causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.
Characterized by or susceptible to addiction.
As a verb indulge
is : to yield to a temptation or desire.As an adjective addictive is
causing or tending to cause addiction; habit-forming.As a noun addictive is
a drug that causes an addiction.indulge
English
Verb
(indulg)- He looked at the chocolate but didn't indulge .
- I indulged in drinking on the weekend.
- Grandma indulges the kids with sweets.
- I love to indulge myself with beautiful clothes.
- Hope in another life implies that we indulge ourselves in the gratifications of this very sparingly.
- to indulge sloth, pride, selfishness, or inclinations
- persuading us that something must be indulged to public manners
- Yet, yet a moment, one dim ray of light / Indulge , dread Chaos, and eternal Night!
Synonyms
* (to satisfy the wishes of) coddle, cosset, pamper, spoil * See alsoAnagrams
* * ----addictive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- These are addictive drugs.
- He has an addictive personality.