Ensnare vs Lure - What's the difference?
ensnare | lure |
To entrap; to catch in a snare or trap.
* 2005 : ,
To entangle; to enmesh.
* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
, title=Internal Combustion
, chapter=1 Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
* 1594 , , IV. i. 178:
A velvet smoothing brush.
To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
To recall a hawk with a lure.
deceive, trick
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As verbs the difference between ensnare and lure
is that ensnare is to entrap; to catch in a snare or trap while lure is to attract by temptation etc.; to entice.As a noun lure is
something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.ensnare
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Alternative forms
* (l)Verb
- When we were asked to what one should apply the name “what is not”, we were ensnared in total paradox. Remember?
citation, passage=But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.}}
lure
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Noun
(en noun)- (Milton)
- My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, / And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, / For then she never looks upon her lure .
- (Knight)