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Decoked vs Decoyed - What's the difference?

decoked | decoyed |

As verbs the difference between decoked and decoyed

is that decoked is past tense of decoke while decoyed is past tense of decoy.

decoked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (decoke)

    • decoke

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (informal) decarbonization.

    • Verb

    (decok)
  • (informal) To decarbonize, especially to remove the build-up of carbon in the cylinder of an engine or the bowl or a pipe

    • References

    *OED 2nd edition 1989

    decoyed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (decoy)

    • decoy

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person or object meant to lure something to danger.
  • A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To act or use a decoy.
  • To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
    • to decoy''' troops into an ambush; to '''decoy ducks into a net
  • * Goldsmith
    • E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy , / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.

    Derived terms

    * deke

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