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Decoy vs Ensnare - What's the difference?

decoy | ensnare |

As verbs the difference between decoy and ensnare

is that decoy is to act or use a decoy while ensnare is to entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.

As a noun decoy

is a person or object meant to lure something to danger.

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

    Anagrams

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    ensnare

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

  • To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
  • * 2005 : ,
    • When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?
  • To entangle; to enmesh.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}

    Related terms

    * snare