different between alluring vs thrilling

English

Pronunciation

• (US): IPA^(key): /??lu?.???/
• (Received Pronunciation): IPA^(key): /??l??.???/
• Rhymes: -??r??

Verb

alluring

1. present participle of allure

Noun

alluring (plural allurings)

1. The action of the verb allure.
   • 1952, Daughters of the American Revolution magazine (volume 86, page 250)

     Lookout heights and Smoky Mountains have allurings all their own.

Adjective

alluring (comparative more alluring, superlative most alluring)

1. 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.

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

thrilling

1. present participle of thrill

Adjective

thrilling (comparative more thrilling, superlative most thrilling)

1. Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Noun

thrilling (plural thrillings)

1. A thrill.
   • 1912, William Hope Hodgson, The Night Land

     […] my heart told me that she did all be stirred with small thrillings of defiance unto me, and with thrillings of love […]

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English thrilling.

Adjective

thrilling (invariable)

1. thrilling
2. (relational) thriller

Noun

thrilling m (invariable)

1. thriller (film, book etc)
2. thrill