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Thrilling vs Seductive - What's the difference?

thrilling | seductive | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between thrilling and seductive

is that thrilling is causing the feeling of a sudden excitement while seductive is attractive, alluring, tempting.

As a verb thrilling

is present participle of lang=en.

As a noun thrilling

is a thrill.

thrilling

English

Verb

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    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing the feeling of a sudden excitement.
  • * , chapter=5
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A thrill.
  • * (William Hope Hodgson), The Night Land
    • ----

    seductive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Attractive, alluring, tempting.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)
    • , chapter=5, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns to which "seductive" is often applied: woman, lady, girl, power, art, image, behavior, smile, dress, dance, tango, song, etc.

    Related terms

    * seductress * seducement * seduce * seduction