What's the difference between temptation and thinking?

Temptation


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of tempting, or enticing to evil; seduction.
  • (n.) The state of being tempted, or enticed to evil.
  • (n.) That which tempts; an inducement; an allurement, especially to something evil.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Obiang, blaming foreigners for bringing corruption to his country, told people he needed to run the national treasury to prevent others falling into temptation.
  • (2) We make mistakes, and fall victim to the temptations of pride, and power, and sometimes evil.
  • (3) Whereas a film documentary might piece together the sweatshop story through footage and anecdote, the game allows players to experience the system from the inside with all its cat's cradle of pressures and temptations.
  • (4) These and other maladies and temptations are a danger for every Christian and for any administrative organisation … and can strike at both the individual and the corporate level,” he said.
  • (5) Mancini resists the temptation to belt the Frenchman in the mouth as he walks past him.
  • (6) There's a temptation to supplement that with Pot Noodles.
  • (7) The surgeon should resist the temptation to do fast procedures.
  • (8) "The temptation to pressure ITV commissioners to favour in-house ideas will be hard to resist.
  • (9) The contribution of demographics (age, martial status), chronicity (previous alcohol hospitalizations, years of problem drinking), coping (temptation, cognitive coping), and early aftercare attendance, in predicting drinking outcomes was examined using hierarchical regression and discriminant analyses.
  • (10) "The temptation is going to be to see these attacks as an indication of greater co-ordination, to which I would say maybe, maybe not," said John Campbell, the former US ambassador to Nigeria.
  • (11) The speaker concluded by encouraging Philippine nurses to resist the temptation to work abroad to make more money and instead stay in the Philippines to care for their own people.
  • (12) Interesting to see that US soccer have resisted any temptation to switch the Mexico game to Sporting Park, despite a lot of lobbying that they do so.
  • (13) Britain has historically resisted the temptations of political extremism, but largely because for most of the last century its economy, even if disappointing, has been resilient, while its political system has enjoyed widespread legitimacy.
  • (14) "One of the things I say always to new members of the service is that there may be a temptation to cut those corners but in the longer term that will be a real problem to us," he said.
  • (15) Unwin directed As You Like It, which closes this weekend: he will then give away a tonne of topsoil from the set to a local school, resisting the temptation to set up in the neighbouring market place and sell it.
  • (16) The risks stem from the temptation to seek solutions to national problems in the experience of other countries in a way that ignores the fact that whereas institutions may, in theory at least, be exportable, their social, political, and economic environment is not.
  • (17) The results showed that, when judges categorized subjects' open-ended responses to questions about their last relapse, temptations or urges in the presence of substance cues were accorded no importance as a reason for relapse, and these categorizations were similar in this respect to previously reported findings.
  • (18) It says: “The chancellor should also resist the temptation to raid universal credit.
  • (19) The economic need for rapid treatment while maintaining good standards of work, can result in pressure, and the temptation to 'cut corners' can prove costly.
  • (20) The primary care physician must often diagnose what things are not, rather than what they are, must make management decisions prior to, or instead of, diagnostic decisions and must resist the temptation to be ;thorough' These imperatives are reflected in the language family physicians sometimes use in their conversations with patients.

Thinking


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Think
  • (a.) Having the faculty of thought; cogitative; capable of a regular train of ideas; as, man is a thinking being.
  • (n.) The act of thinking; mode of thinking; imagination; cogitation; judgment.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It involves creativity, understanding of art form and the ability to improvise in the highly complex environment of a care setting.” David Cameron has boosted dementia awareness but more needs to be done Read more She warns: “To effect a cultural change in dementia care requires a change of thinking … this approach is complex and intricate, and can change cultural attitudes by regarding the arts as central to everyday life of the care home.” Another participant, Mary*, a former teacher who had been bedridden for a year, read plays with the reminiscence arts practitioner.
  • (2) Hoursoglou thinks a shortage of skilled people with a good grounding in core subjects such as maths and science is a potential problem for all manufacturers.
  • (3) Mike Ashley told Lee Charnley that maybe he could talk with me last week but I said: ‘Listen, we cannot say too much so I think it’s better if we wait.’ The message Mike Ashley is sending is quite positive, but it was better to talk after we play Tottenham.” Benítez will ask Ashley for written assurances over his transfer budget, control of transfers and other spheres of club autonomy, but can also reassure the owner that the prospect of managing in the second tier holds few fears for him.
  • (4) I think part of it is you can either go places where that's bound to happen.
  • (5) I think he had been saying all season that with three or four games to go he will tell us where we are.
  • (6) Well I think [that’s] because we’ve made changes in the game,” said Goodell.
  • (7) "We do not think the Astra management have done a good job on behalf of shareholders.
  • (8) BT Sport's marketing manager, Alfredo Garicoche, is more effusive still: "We're not thinking for the next two or three years, we're thinking for the next 20 or 30 years and even longer.
  • (9) Think of Nelson Mandela – there is a determination, an unwillingness to bend in the face of challenges, that earns you respect and makes people look to you for guidance.
  • (10) That's, in fact, just what Reed Brody was thinking.
  • (11) "In my era, we'd get a phone call from John [Galliano] before the show: this is what the show's about, what do you think?
  • (12) "It seems that this is just a few experts who are pushing it through parliament … without anyone thinking through the likely consequences for our country," said Duke Tagoe of the Food Sovereignty campaign group.
  • (13) This new way of thinking is reflected in the 1992 AAMR definition of what mental retardation is (Luckasson et al., 1992).
  • (14) Thinking I had the dreaded Norovirus, I rushed home.
  • (15) The talent base in the UK – not just producers and actors but camera and sound – is unparalleled, so I think creativity will continue unabated.” Lee does recognise “massive” cultural differences between the US and UK.
  • (16) Despite Facebook's size and reach, and its much-vaunted role in the short-lived Arab spring , there are reasons for thinking that Twitter may be the more important service for the future of the public sphere – that is, the space in which democracies conduct public discussion.
  • (17) Nick Robins, head of the Climate Change Centre at HSBC, said: "If you think about low-carbon energy only in terms of carbon, then things look tough [in terms of not using coal].
  • (18) The prime minister’s spokeswoman said: “We think this can be done in line with EU and international law and it is important it is introduced and set up in the right way.
  • (19) James Cameron, vice-chairman of Climate Change Capital , an environmental investment group, and a member of the prime minister's Business Advisory Group , says: "I think the UK has, in essence, become a better place for green investors.
  • (20) A lower than normal percentage of REM sleep in these patients was consistent with their retarded intellectual development, which supports current thinking that REM sleep may be a sensitive index of brain function integrity.