Seductive vs Suggestive - What's the difference?
seductive | suggestive |
Attractive, alluring, tempting.
*{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=5, title= Tending to suggest or imply.
* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
, chapter=6, title= Suggesting romance, sex, etc.
As adjectives the difference between seductive and suggestive
is that seductive is attractive, alluring, tempting while suggestive is tending to suggest or imply.seductive
English
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.suggestive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)A Cuckoo in the Nest, passage=But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.}}