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Attract vs Intrigue - What's the difference?

attract | intrigue |

As verbs the difference between attract and intrigue

is that attract is to pull toward without touching while intrigue is to conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.

As a noun intrigue is

a complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.

attract

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To pull toward without touching.
  • * Derham
  • All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.
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  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= Stents to Prevent Stroke , passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.}}
  • To arouse interest.
  • To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
  • * (John Milton)
  • Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.

    Synonyms

    * allure

    Antonyms

    * repel

    intrigue

    English

    Alternative forms

    * entrigue

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to effect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem.
  • The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters.
  • Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison.
  • Verb

    (intrigu)
  • To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme.
  • To arouse the interest of; to fascinate.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.}}
  • To have clandestine or illicit intercourse.
  • To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate.
  • * Dr. J. Scott
  • How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!

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