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Drawcord vs Drawcard - What's the difference?

drawcord | drawcard |

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.

drawcord

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • drawstring
  • drawcard

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK) Something that attracts customers, visitors, spectators, etc. to a place or an event.
  • * 1997 , Robert Kavanagh, Making People?s Theatre , page 182,
  • I remember once in the professional theatre in Addis Ababa a certain actor had become a popular drawcard .
  • * 1998 , , Issues 6138-6146, page 62,
  • Falconry is another big drawcard at Hever and at other historical sites.
  • * 1993 , Brian Boyd, Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years , page 273,
  • The drawcard was a two-act comic revue written for the occasion, “Quatsch” (German, “Nonsense”).
  • * 2008 , Anthony Ham, Miles Roddis, Kari Lundgren. Norway , Lonely Planet, page 19,
  • 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.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 28, author=Todd Woodbridge, title=Australian tennis great says heat simply part of game, work=Herald Sun citation
  • , passage=He was the defending champion, a proven drawcard and a player of the future. }}