Allure vs Delight - What's the difference?
allure | delight | Related terms |
The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
gait; bearing
To entice; to attract.
*, II.8:
*:Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.
Joy; pleasure.
* Bible, Proverbs xviii. 2
* Shakespeare
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, title= Something that gives great joy or pleasure.
* Milton:
* (Greensleeves):
To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.
* Tennyson
(label) To have or take great pleasure
Allure is a related term of delight.
As nouns the difference between allure and delight
is that allure is affectation while delight is joy; pleasure.As a verb delight is
to give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly.allure
English
Noun
- The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. — Harper's Magazine.
Verb
(allur)Synonyms
* attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduceAnagrams
* ----delight
English
Noun
(en noun)- A fool hath no delight in understanding.
- Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
- Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight .
- Greensleeves was all my joy / Greensleeves was my delight,
Derived terms
* undelight * delightfulVerb
(en verb)- Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds.