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Beckon vs Allure - What's the difference?

beckon | allure | Synonyms |

Beckon is a synonym of allure.


As nouns the difference between beckon and allure

is that beckon is a sign made without words; a beck while allure is affectation.

As a verb beckon

is (ambitransitive) to wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.

beckon

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • (ambitransitive) To wave and/or to nod to somebody with the intention to make the person come closer.
  • * Dryden
    • His distant friends, he beckons near.
  • * Shakespeare
    • It beckons you to go away with it.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sign made without words; a beck.
  • * Bolingbroke
    • At the first beckon .

    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

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