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Pleasing vs Enticing - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between pleasing and enticing

is that pleasing is agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification while enticing is that entices; alluring; attracting; charming.

As nouns the difference between pleasing and enticing

is that pleasing is pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing. while enticing is enticement; temptation.

As verbs the difference between pleasing and enticing

is that pleasing is present participle of lang=en while enticing is present participle of lang=en.

pleasing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
  • Synonyms

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    Noun

  • pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to my pleasing."
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
  • What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross

    Verb

    (head)
  • Anagrams

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    enticing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That entices; alluring; attracting; charming.
  • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (head)
  • References

    * *

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • enticement; temptation