Seductive vs Sensual - What's the difference?
seductive | sensual |
Attractive, alluring, tempting.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.
As adjectives the difference between seductive and sensual
is that seductive is attractive, alluring, tempting while sensual is inducing pleasurable and/or erotic sensations.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.sensual
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Alternative forms
* sensuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- That massage was a very sensual experience!
- Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm.
