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Cajole vs Kanoodle - What's the difference?

cajole | kanoodle |

As verbs the difference between cajole and kanoodle

is that cajole is (transitive|and|intransitive) to persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax while kanoodle is .

cajole

English

Verb

  • (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:
  • Then he cajoled with his brother, and persuaded him what service he had done him.
  • * 1820 , , The Abbot , ch. 27:
  • 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?
  • * 1894 , , Only An Irish Boy , ch. 19:
  • He had tried bullying, and without success. He would try cajoling and temptation.
  • * 1898 , , The Battle Of The Strong , ch. 37:
  • [W]ith eloquent arts he had cajoled a young girl into a secret marriage.
  • * 1917 , , King Coal , ch. 8:
  • 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.
  • * 2010 August 4, Michael Scherer, " 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, wheedle

    kanoodle

    English

    Verb

  • Quotations

    *1880. George Wilbur Peck. Peck's Fun: Being Extracts from the "La Crosse Sun," and "Peck's Sun... , page 29 [http://books.google.com/books?id=omQ08Vz80WUC&pg=PA29&dq=kanoodle&lr=]: *: He was a truly good man, and did not believe there were any bad men in the world, who would kanoodle him with a stone crusher. *1887 . George Wilbur Peck. How Private Geo. W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion , page 156 [http://books.google.com/books?id=ysYRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA156&dq=kanoodle&lr=]: *: And above all things, do not let her kanoodle you with soft words and looks of love, because she is full of 'em. *2007. Jackie Kessler. The Road to Hell , page 36: *: I refused to kanoodle with anyone who wasn't my true love.

    See also

    *canoodle

    References

    * (to cajole) Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang , Jonathan E. Lighter, 1994, page 336.