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Inviting vs Tantalizing - What's the difference?

inviting | tantalizing | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between inviting and tantalizing

is that inviting is alluring; tempting; attractive while tantalizing is teasing; tempting, but beyond reach.

As verbs the difference between inviting and tantalizing

is that inviting is present participle of lang=en while tantalizing is present participle of lang=en.

inviting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Alluring; tempting; attractive.

    • Related terms

    * invitingly * invitingness

    Verb

    (head)

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    tantalizing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Teasing; tempting, but beyond reach.
  • * 1851 — , Ch. 133
  • *:...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.

    • Verb

    (head)