attractive vs tempting

attractive

adj
  • Having the power of charming or alluring by agreeable qualities; enticing. 

  • Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force. 

  • Pleasing or appealing to the senses, especially of a potential romantic partner. 

tempting

adj
  • Attractive, appealing, enticing. 

  • Seductive, alluring, inviting. 

noun
  • The act of subjecting somebody to temptation. 

How often have the words attractive and tempting occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )