As adjectives the difference between tantalizing and mocking
is that tantalizing is teasing; tempting, but beyond reach while mocking is derisive or contemptuous.
As verbs the difference between tantalizing and mocking
is that tantalizing is while mocking is .
As a noun mocking is
action of the verb to mock .
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
(head)
mocking
English
Verb
(head)
Noun
(
en noun)
action of the verb to mock
Adjective
(
en adjective)
derisive or contemptuous
teasing or taunting
Derived terms
* mockingbird
* mocking thrush
* mocking wren