Allure vs Silhouette - What's the difference?
allure | silhouette |
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.
An illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.
To represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.
English eponyms
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As nouns the difference between allure and silhouette
is that allure is the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction while silhouette is an illustrated outline filled in with a solid color(s), usually only black, and intended to represent the shape of an object without revealing any other visual details; a similar appearance produced when the object being viewed is situated in relative darkness with brighter lighting behind it; a profile portrait in black, such as a shadow appears to be.As verbs the difference between allure and silhouette
is that allure is to entice; to attract while silhouette is to represent by a silhouette; to project upon a background, so as to be like a silhouette.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
* ----silhouette
English
(wikipedia silhouette)Noun
(en noun)- I could see a silhouette of a figure looking out from the window, but I couldn't tell if it was a man or a woman.