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Alluring vs Intriguing - What's the difference?

alluring | intriguing |

As verbs the difference between alluring and intriguing

is that alluring is present participle of lang=en while intriguing is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between alluring and intriguing

is that alluring is the action of the verb allure while intriguing is {{cx|dated|lang=en}} An intrigue.

As adjectives the difference between alluring and intriguing

is that alluring is having the power to allure while intriguing is causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

alluring

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb allure .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the power to allure.
  • *
    • Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.

    intriguing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

    • Synonyms

    * fascinating, interesting, attractive

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An intrigue.
  • * Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck
    • In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings , the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.