Enrapture vs Entice - What's the difference?
enrapture | entice | Related terms |
To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate.
To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.
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As verbs the difference between enrapture and entice
is that enrapture is to fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate while entice is to lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.enrapture
English
Verb
- Her song enraptured the audience with vivid images of the Scandinavian landscapes.
entice
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Verb
(entic)citation, passage=Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight.}}
- I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.