Embroil vs Distract - What's the difference?
embroil | distract | Synonyms |
To draw into a situation; to cause to be involved.
* Dryden
To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
* Addison
To divert the attention of.
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, title= (obsolete) Separated; drawn asunder.
(obsolete) Insane; mad.
Embroil is a synonym of distract.
As verbs the difference between embroil and distract
is that embroil is to draw into a situation; to cause to be involved while distract is to divert the attention of.As an adjective distract is
(obsolete) separated; drawn asunder.embroil
English
Verb
(en verb)- Avoid him. He will embroil you in his fights.
- the royal house embroiled in civil war
- The Christian antiquities at Rome are so embroiled with fable and legend.
distract
English
Verb
(en verb)Arsenal 1-0 Everton, passage=While Gunners boss Arsene Wenger had warned his players against letting the pre-match festivities distract them from the task at hand, they clearly struggled for fluency early on.}}
Travels and travails, passage=Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.}}
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Adjective
(-)- (Drayton)