Caution vs Magnet - What's the difference?
caution | magnet |
Precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.
* Shakespeare
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.
Security; guaranty; bail.
* Clarendon
One who gives rise to attention or astonishment.
A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
A piece of material that attracts some metals by magnetism.
(informal, figuratively, preceded by a noun) A person or thing that attracts what is denoted by the preceding noun.
* 2007, J. Michael Fay, Ivory Wars: Last Stand in Zakouma , National Geographic (March 2007), 47,
As nouns the difference between caution and magnet
is that caution is precept or warning against evil or danger of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction while magnet is magnet.As a verb caution
is to warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.caution
English
Noun
(en noun)- In way of caution I must tell you.
- The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted.
- Oh, that boy, he's a caution ! He does make me laugh.
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* err on the side of caution * throw caution to the windAnagrams
* ----magnet
English
Noun
(wikipedia magnet) (en noun)- He always had a girl on his arm - he's a bit of a babe-magnet .
- ...I wanted to show Nick the largest of the water holes, Rigueik, that act as magnets to life in the dry season.