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Winsome vs Alluring - What's the difference?

winsome | alluring | Related terms |

As adjectives the difference between winsome and alluring

is that winsome is charming; inspiring trust and approval, especially if in an innocent manner while alluring is having the power to allure.

As a verb alluring is

present participle of lang=en.

As a noun alluring is

the action of the verb allure.

winsome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Charming; inspiring trust and approval, especially if in an innocent manner.
    • His bedside manner was especially winsome .
  • * 1922 , (James Joyce), Chapter 13
    • Gerty MacDowell who was seated near her companions, lost in thought, gazing far away into the distance was, in very truth, as fair a specimen of winsome Irish girlhood as one could wish to see.

    Derived terms

    * winsomeness * winsomely

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l)

    alluring

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The action of the verb allure .

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having the power to allure.
  • *
    • Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.