Attract vs Drawn - What's the difference?
attract | drawn |
To pull toward without touching.
* Derham
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To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure.
* (John Milton)
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As verbs the difference between attract and drawn
is that attract is to pull toward without touching while drawn is .As an adjective drawn is
appearing agitated and unwell.attract
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Verb
(en verb)- All bodies and all parts of bodies mutually attract themselves and one another.
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Stents to Prevent Stroke, passage=As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.}}
- Attracted by thy beauty still to gaze.
Synonyms
* allureAntonyms
* repelExternal links
* * *drawn
English
Verb
(head)The Evolution of Eyeglasses, passage=The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,
