Beckoning vs Attract - What's the difference?
beckoning | attract |
To pull toward without touching.
* Derham
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To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
* (John Milton)
As verbs the difference between beckoning and attract
is that beckoning is present participle of lang=en while attract is to pull toward without touching.As an adjective beckoning
is that beckons.As a noun beckoning
is such a wave or similar action.attract
English
Verb
(en verb)- All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.
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- Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.