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Inherent vs Tempting - What's the difference?

inherent | tempting |

As adjectives the difference between inherent and tempting

is that inherent is inherent while tempting is attractive, appealing, enticing.

As a verb tempting is

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As a noun tempting is

the act of subjecting somebody to temptation.

inherent

English

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Adjective

(-)
  • Naturally as part or consequence of something.
  • * (Lyn Beth Neylon)
    • You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2014-06-14, volume=411, issue=8891, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= It's a gas , passage=One of the hidden glories of Victorian engineering is proper drains.

    Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with inherit .

    Related terms

    * adherent * coherent * inhere * inherence * inherency * inherently

    Antonyms

    * extrinsic

    Synonyms

    * ingrained

    External links

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    tempting

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attractive, appealing, enticing.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-07, author=David Simpson
    • , volume=188, issue=26, page=36, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Fantasy of navigation , passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].}}
  • Seductive, alluring, inviting.

    • Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of subjecting somebody to temptation.
  • * (William Bridge)
    • If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?