different between fetching vs enticing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?t???/
• Rhymes: -?t???
• Hyphenation: fetch?ing

Etymology 1

From fetch +? -ing.

Adjective

fetching (comparative more fetching, superlative most fetching)

1. Attractive; pleasant to regard.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:attractive

Translations

Verb

fetching

1. present participle of fetch

Etymology 2

From Middle English fetchynge, fecchynge, faching, fettynge, equivalent to fetch +? -ing.

Noun

fetching (plural fetchings)

1. The act by which something is fetched.
   • 1834, Evidence on drunkenness: presented to the House of Commons

     These lumpers were also in the habit of inducing their men during the week to send to their pay-house for fetchings of drink, besides the money they were compelled to spend on Saturday night.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /?n?ta?s??/

Adjective

enticing (comparative more enticing, superlative most enticing)

1. That entices; alluring; attractive; charming

   Synonyms: enticing, (formal, obsolete) illecebrous; see also Thesaurus:attractive

   Antonyms: repulsive, unalluring, unattractive, unenticing

Translations

Verb

enticing

1. present participle of entice

References

• enticing in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• enticing in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Noun

enticing (plural enticings)

1. enticement; temptation