Decoy vs Prevail - What's the difference?
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A person or object meant to lure something to danger.
A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
To act or use a decoy.
To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
* Goldsmith
To be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.
* , Exodus 17:11
To be current, widespread or predominant; to have currency or prevalence.
To succeed in persuading]] or [[induce, inducing.
Decoy is a related term of prevail.
In lang=en terms the difference between decoy and prevail
is that decoy is to lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap while prevail is to succeed in persuading]] or [[induce|inducing.As verbs the difference between decoy and prevail
is that decoy is to act or use a decoy while prevail is to be superior in strength, dominance, influence or frequency; to have or gain the advantage over others; to have the upper hand; to outnumber others.As a noun decoy
is a person or object meant to lure something to danger.decoy
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)- to decoy''' troops into an ambush; to '''decoy ducks into a net
- E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy , / The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy.
Derived terms
* dekeAnagrams
*prevail
English
Verb
(en verb)- Red colour prevails in the Canadian flag.
- And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed'; and when he let down his hand, Amalek ' prevailed .
- In his day and age, such practices prevailed all over Europe.
- I prevailed on him to wait.