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Tricky vs Intriguing - What's the difference?

tricky | intriguing | Related terms |

Tricky is a related term of intriguing.


As adjectives the difference between tricky and intriguing

is that tricky is hard to deal with, complicated while intriguing is causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

As a verb intriguing is

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As a noun intriguing is

an intrigue.

tricky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • hard to deal with, complicated
    • They were in a tricky situation.
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  • adept at using deception
    • A tricky salesman can sell anything.

    Related terms

    * trick

    See also

    * sneaky

    intriguing

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.

    • Synonyms

    * fascinating, interesting, attractive

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An intrigue.
  • * Thomas Longueville, The Curious Case of Lady Purbeck
    • In all these negotiations, and caballings, and intriguings , the person most concerned, Frances Coke, the beauty and the heiress, was only the ball in the game.