Do you have some wider context?

Thank you sproink.I want to know the difference between the two sentences.May be you can use some context to clarify it.

The context is: she coaxed him to buy the ticket vs she inveigled him to buy the ticket.

'Inveigle' connotes bringing someone to do something dubious or inadvisable, negative: verleiten, verlocken, etw. Zweifelhaftes zu tun. You might inveigle someone into buying a deceptive product.

'Coax' connotes encouraging or persuading someone who is reluctant to do something positive: beschwatzen, dazu bringen. You might coax a toddler to say hello to a new person or to eat a new food.

Both could work. For me "inveigle" is a little more, let's say, less common and a little little "extra enticement". I personally would just stick with "coax".

Thanks alot hm--us. You made it very clear for me.

I'd always say 'coax someone into doing something, and my US dictionary says the same.

Don't agree that inveigle suggests persuading someone into doing something illicit. It is the inveigler who is being underhand: inveigle means to persuade and deceive someone into doing something. (Comes from a verb meaning 'to blind'.) Also needs 'into + -ing'.

If the person being addressed is reluctant to buy the ticket because he is nervous about doing so, despite wanting to, coax would work. (Toddler example is good.) If he is being manipulated/deceived into buying it, then inveigle is the word.

Thank you Steve-GB