Amaze vs Seduce - What's the difference?
amaze | seduce |
(obsolete) To stupefy; to knock unconscious.
(obsolete) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) To terrify, to fill with panic.
*, New York Review Books 2001, p.261:
To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.
* Bible, Matthew xii. 23
* Goldsmith
To undergo amazement; to be astounded.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , I.ii:
* 1891 , (Mary Noailles Murfree), In the "Stranger People's" Country , Nebraska 2005, p. 103:
* 1985 , (Lawrence Durrell), Quinx'', Faber & Faber 2004 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 1361:
To beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.
To entice or induce someone to engage in a sexual relationship.
(by extension, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with.
To win over or attract someone.
As verbs the difference between amaze and seduce
is that amaze is (obsolete) to stupefy; to knock unconscious while seduce is to beguile or lure someone away from duty, accepted principles, or proper conduct; to lead astray.As a noun amaze
is .amaze
English
Verb
(amaz)- a labyrinth to amaze his foes
- [Fear] amazeth many men that are to speak or show themselves in public assemblies, or before some great personages […].
- He was amazed when he found that the girl was a robot.
- And all the people were amazed , and said, Is not this the son of David?
- Spain has long fallen from amazing Europe with her wit, to amusing them with the greatness of her Catholic credulity.
Noun
(-)- All in amaze he suddenly vp start / With sword in hand, and with the old man went [...].
- Shattuck looked at him in amaze .
- She took the proffered cheque and stared at it with puzzled amaze , dazed by her own behaviour.
seduce
English
Verb
- Your father was seduced by the dark side of The Force.'' - Obi Wan Kenobi, ''
- Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?'' - Benjamin Braddock, ''
- He had repeatedly seduced the girl in his car, hotels and his home.