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Tantalizing vs Racy - What's the difference?

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Tantalizing is a related term of racy.


As adjectives the difference between tantalizing and racy

is that tantalizing is teasing; tempting, but beyond reach while racy is having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.

As a verb tantalizing

is .

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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    • racy

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil; hence, fresh; rich.
  • Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
  • Mildly risque, exciting.
    • She wore a racy dress that was just barely appropriate for the occasion.

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