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Attractiveness vs Allure - What's the difference?

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Attractiveness is a related term of allure.


As nouns the difference between attractiveness and allure

is that attractiveness is (uncountable) the state of being attractive or engaging while allure is affectation.

attractiveness

Noun

  • (uncountable) The state of being attractive or engaging.
  • (countable) The result of being attractive.
  • Synonyms

    * attractivity

    Derived terms

    () * physical attractiveness

    References

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    allure

    English

    Noun

  • The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
  • gait; bearing
  • The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. — Harper's Magazine.

    Verb

    (allur)
  • To entice; to attract.
  • *, II.8:
  • *:Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.
  • Synonyms

    * attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce

    Anagrams

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