different between temptation vs intrigue
temptation
English
Etymology
From Old French temptacion, from Latin temptatioMorphologically tempt +? -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?mp?te???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
temptation (countable and uncountable, plural temptations)
- The act of tempting
- The condition of being tempted.
- Something attractive, tempting or seductive; an inducement or enticement.
- Pressure applied to your thinking designed to create wrong emotions which will eventually lead to wrong actions.
Synonyms
- fitna (Islam)
Derived terms
- temptationless
Translations
See also
- get thee behind me
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intrigue
English
Alternative forms
- entrigue
Etymology
Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intr?c? (“I entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate.
Pronunciation
- (noun) enPR: ?n'tr?g, IPA(key): /??nt?i??/
- (verb) enPR: ?ntr?g', IPA(key): /?n?t?i??/
- Rhymes: -i??
Noun
intrigue (countable and uncountable, plural intrigues)
- A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
- […] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […]
- The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
- Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair.
- 1976, John Harold Wilson, Court Satires of the Restoration (page 245)
- In 1679 and 1680 there were persistent rumors of an intrigue between Mary, Lady Grey, and the Duke of Monmouth.
- 1976, John Harold Wilson, Court Satires of the Restoration (page 245)
Translations
Verb
intrigue (third-person singular simple present intrigues, present participle intriguing, simple past and past participle intrigued)
- (intransitive) To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
- (transitive) To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
- (intransitive) To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
- (transitive) To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
- c. 1681, John Scott, The Christian Life from its beginning to its Consummation in Glory […]
- How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!
- c. 1681, John Scott, The Christian Life from its beginning to its Consummation in Glory […]
Translations
Related terms
- intricacy
- intricate
- intriguer
- intriguery
- intriguing
- intriguingly
References
- intrigue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- intrigue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.t?i?/
Noun
intrigue f (plural intrigues)
- intrigue (all senses)
Verb
intrigue
- inflection of intriguer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “intrigue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?.?t?i.?i/
Verb
intrigue
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of intrigar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of intrigar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of intrigar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of intrigar
Spanish
Verb
intrigue
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of intrigar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of intrigar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of intrigar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of intrigar.
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