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Winsome vs Irresistible - What's the difference?

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Winsome is a related term of irresistible.


As adjectives the difference between winsome and irresistible

is that winsome is charming; inspiring trust and approval, especially if in an innocent manner while irresistible is irresistible (not able to be resisted).

winsome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Charming; inspiring trust and approval, especially if in an innocent manner.
    • His bedside manner was especially winsome .
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • Gerty MacDowell who was seated near her companions, lost in thought, gazing far away into the distance was, in very truth, as fair a specimen of winsome Irish girlhood as one could wish to see.

    Derived terms

    * winsomeness * winsomely

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    irresistible

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not able to be resisted.
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    • Derived terms

    * irresistibility