Drawcord vs Drawcard - What's the difference?
drawcord | drawcard |
(UK) Something that attracts customers, visitors, spectators, etc. to a place or an event.
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* 1993 , Brian Boyd, Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years ,
* 2008 , Anthony Ham, Miles Roddis, Kari Lundgren. Norway , Lonely Planet,
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As nouns the difference between drawcord and drawcard
is that drawcord is drawstring while drawcard is (uk) something that attracts customers, visitors, spectators, etc to a place or an event.drawcard
English
Noun
(en noun)page 182,
- I remember once in the professional theatre in Addis Ababa a certain actor had become a popular drawcard .
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- Falconry is another big drawcard at Hever and at other historical sites.
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- The drawcard was a two-act comic revue written for the occasion, “Quatsch” (German, “Nonsense”).
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- A single trip might not seem particularly environmentally significant, but Norway?s environment remains one of its main drawcards and one that millions of travellers who visit Norway every year have a responsibility to protect.
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