Bamboozle vs Lure - What's the difference?
bamboozle | lure | Synonyms |
(informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
* 1851 ,
*:“Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.”
Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
* 1594 , , IV. i. 178:
A velvet smoothing brush.
To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
To recall a hawk with a lure.
deceive, trick
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As verbs the difference between bamboozle and lure
is that bamboozle is to con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone while lure is to attract by temptation etc.; to entice.As a noun lure is
something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.bamboozle
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(bamboozl)lure
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(en noun)- (Milton)
- My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, / And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, / For then she never looks upon her lure .
- (Knight)
