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Tantalizing vs Tantalising - What's the difference?

tantalizing | tantalising |

As adjectives the difference between tantalizing and tantalising

is that tantalizing is teasing; tempting, but beyond reach while tantalising is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between tantalizing and tantalising

is that tantalizing is present participle of lang=en while tantalising is present participle of lang=en.

tantalizing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Teasing; tempting, but beyond reach.
  • * 1851 — , Ch. 133
  • *:...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.

    • Verb

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    • tantalising

    English

    Verb

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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)