Seductive vs Seduce - What's the difference?
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Attractive, alluring, tempting.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= To beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
To entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship.
(by extension, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
To win over or attract someone.
Seduce is a related term of seductive.
As an adjective seductive
is attractive, alluring, tempting.As a verb seduce is
to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.seductive
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Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
Usage notes
* Nouns to which "seductive" is often applied: woman, lady, girl, power, art, image, behavior, smile, dress, dance, tango, song, etc.seduce
English
Verb
- Your father was seduced by the dark side of The Force.'' - Obi Wan Kenobi, ''
- Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?'' - Benjamin Braddock, ''
- He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.