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What is the difference between temptation and seduction?

temptation | seduction |

As nouns the difference between temptation and seduction

is that temptation is the act of tempting while seduction is the act of seducing.

temptation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of tempting
  • The condition of being tempted.
  • Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
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  • Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.

    • Derived terms

    * temptationless

    seduction

    English

    (wikipedia seduction)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of seducing.
    • Seduction is the fine art of manipulating people based on physical attraction and desire.
  • (dated, legal, in English common law) The felony of, as a man, inducing a previously chaste unmarried female to engage in sexual intercourse on a promise of marriage.

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