different between striking vs alluring

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?a?k??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Adjective

striking (comparative more striking, superlative most striking)

1. Making a strong impression.

   • This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking. In complexion fair, and with blue or gray eyes, he was tall as any Viking, as broad in the shoulder.

   • 2016 February 6, "Israel’s prickliness blocks the long quest for peace," The National (retrieved 8 February 2016):

     This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.

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Verb

striking

1. present participle of strike

Noun

striking (plural strikings)

1. The act by which something strikes or is struck.
   • 2012, Andrew Pessin, Uncommon Sense (page 142)

     We've observed plenty of strikings followed by lightings, so even if we should not say that the strikings cause the lightings, isn't it at least reasonable to predict, and to believe, that the next time we strike a match in similar conditions, it will be followed by a lighting?

Anagrams

• skirting

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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