What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Deceptive vs Entice - What's the difference?

deceptive | entice |

As an adjective deceptive

is .

As a verb entice is

to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

deceptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
  • deceptive advertising
    deceptive practices
  • * Trench
  • language altogether deceptive , and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * deceptive advertising * deceptive cadence * deceptive cognate

    entice

    English

    Verb

    (entic)
  • To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2012-03
  • , author= , title=Pixels or Perish , volume=100, issue=2, page=106 , magazine= citation , passage=Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.}}
    I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

    See also

    * beguile * tempt * seduce

    References

    * *