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Wheedling vs Enticement - What's the difference?

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Wheedling is a related term of enticement.


As nouns the difference between wheedling and enticement

is that wheedling is the act of one who wheedles while enticement is the act or practice of enticing]], of [[allure|alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.

As a verb wheedling

is .

As an adjective wheedling

is coaxing, aiming to persuade.

wheedling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • coaxing, aiming to persuade.
  • * 1888 , Howard Pyle, Otto of the Silver Hand ,
    • Then, in a soft, wheedling voice, "Canst thou not let me in, my little bird? Sure there are other lasses besides thyself who would like to trade with a poor peddler who has travelled all the way from Gruenstadt just to please the pretty ones of Trutz-Drachen."

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who wheedles.

    • enticement

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or practice of enticing]], of [[allure, alluring or tempting; as, the enticements of evil companions.
  • That which entices, or incites to evil; means of allurement; an alluring object; as, an enticement to sin.
  • *{{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author=Mary Shelley , title=Frankenstein , chapter=4 citation , passage=None but those who have experienced them can conceive of the enticements of science.}}

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