different between wheedling vs inveigling

wheedling

English

Etymology

From wheedle +? -ing

Verb

wheedling

  1. present participle of wheedle

Adjective

wheedling (comparative more wheedling, superlative most wheedling)

  1. Coaxing, aiming to persuade.
    • 1888, Howard Pyle, Otto of the Silver Hand, ch. 9
      Then, in a soft, wheedling voice, "Canst thou not let me in, my little bird? Sure there are other lasses besides thyself who would like to trade with a poor peddler who has travelled all the way from Gruenstadt just to please the pretty ones of Trutz-Drachen."

Derived terms

  • wheedlingly

Noun

wheedling (plural wheedlings)

  1. The act of one who wheedles.

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inveigling

English

Verb

inveigling

  1. present participle of inveigle

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