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Wheedled vs Pleaded - What's the difference?

wheedled | pleaded |

As verbs the difference between wheedled and pleaded

is that wheedled is (wheedle) while pleaded is (british|excepting scotland), still used by some in the us (plead).

wheedled

English

Verb

(head)
  • (wheedle)

    • wheedle

    English

    Verb

    and (intransitive)
  • To cajole or attempt to persuade by flattery.
  • * 1977 , ("The Wife of Bath's Tale"), Penguin Classics, p. 290:
    • Though he had beaten me in every bone / He still could wheedle me to love.
    I'd like one of those, too, if you can wheedle him into telling you where he got it.
  • To obtain by flattery, guile, or trickery.
  • * Congreve
    • A deed of settlement of the best part of her estate, which I wheedled out of her.

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    pleaded

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pled (North America and Scottish English)

    Verb

    (head)
  • (British, excepting Scotland), still used by some in the US. (plead)

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