Cajole vs Fleech - What's the difference?
cajole | fleech |
(transitive, and, intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
* 1722 , , Moll Flanders , ch. 12:
* 1820 , , The Abbot , ch. 27:
* 1894 , , Only An Irish Boy , ch. 19:
* 1898 , , The Battle Of The Strong , ch. 37:
* 1917 , , King Coal , ch. 8:
* 2010 August 4, Michael Scherer, "
(Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.
* 1884 , John MacKay Wilson, Tales of the Borders and of Scotland (page 64)
(Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely.
As verbs the difference between cajole and fleech
is that cajole is to persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax while fleech is to wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter.cajole
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Verb
- Then he cajoled with his brother, and persuaded him what service he had done him.
- If you are cajoled by the cunning arguments of a trumpeter of heresy, or the praises of a puritanic old woman, is not that womanish?
- He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.
- [W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.
- Schulman, general manager of the "G. F. C.," had been sending out messengers to hunt for him, and finally had got him in his office, arguing and pleading, cajoling and denouncing him by turns.
NonSTARTer? Obama's Troubled Nuclear Treaty," Time :
- For weeks, the White House, the Pentagon and Senate Democrats have been working overtime to cajole , convince and placate Republicans.
Synonyms
* entice, inveigle, wheedlefleech
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Alternative forms
* (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Verb
- I fleeched him, and I coaxed him, and I kicked him, and I cuffed him; but I might as weal hae kicked my heel upon the floor, or fleeched the fireplace.
