Decoyed vs Decored - What's the difference?
decoyed | decored |
(decoy)
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
(decore)
To remove the core from.
(obsolete) To decorate; to beautify.
* E. Hall
As verbs the difference between decoyed and decored
is that decoyed is past tense of decoy while decored is past tense of decore.decoyed
English
Verb
(head)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
*decored
English
Verb
(head)decore
English
Etymology 1
Verb
(decor)- to decore a cabbage
Etymology 2
Compare (etyl) . See (decorate).Verb
(decor)- To decore and beautify the house of God.