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Tantalizing vs Teasing - What's the difference?

tantalizing | teasing |

As verbs the difference between tantalizing and teasing

is that tantalizing is while teasing is .

As an adjective tantalizing

is teasing; tempting, but beyond reach.

As a noun teasing is

the act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.

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.

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    • teasing

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    • Noun

    (wikipedia teasing) (en noun)
  • The act of teasing; making fun of or making light of.
    • Teasing can be seen as a kind of workplace abuse.

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