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Riveting vs Alluring - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between riveting and alluring

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

As adjectives the difference between riveting and alluring

is that riveting is commanding the attention of spectators while alluring is having the power to allure.

As nouns the difference between riveting and alluring

is that riveting is the act of joining with rivets while alluring is the action of the verb allure.

riveting

English

Verb

(head)
  • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Commanding the attention of spectators.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of joining with rivets.
  • The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
  • A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
  • (Tomlinson)
    (the act of joining with rivets) Spanish: (trans-mid) (trans-bottom) (the act of spreading out and clinching the end by beating or pressing) Spanish: (trans-mid) (trans-bottom)

    Derived terms

    * butt riveting * chain riveting * crossed riveting * double riveting * lap riveting

    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.