Deceptive vs Entice - What's the difference?
deceptive | entice |
misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
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To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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As an adjective deceptive
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to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.deceptive
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- deceptive advertising
- deceptive practices
- language altogether deceptive , and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes
Synonyms
* See alsoDerived terms
* deceptive advertising * deceptive cadence * deceptive cognateentice
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Verb
(entic)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.
